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for-cuman

to seizeget hold ofto overcomeconquerto consumedestroyto reject

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Add: to seize, get hold of Forcuóm, bigaet obtenuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 19. Forcuóm (-cómun, R.) hiá ondo and fyrhto inuaserat eas tremor et pauor, Mk. L. 16, 8. Forcummen sint appraehensi sunt, Mt. p. 13, 8. to overcome, conquer Hine forcumað (printed

fór-cuman

Grammar
fór-cuman, l. for-cuman,

Similar entry: fore-cuman

for-cúþlíce

(adv.)

contemptiblyignominiouslyfeeblyignominiously

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Substitute: in a way that excites contempt, contemptibly, ignominiously, feebly Ortrýwes ciuesdómes forligere forcúþlíce bepǽht perfidi pelicatus stupro enerviter deceptus, An. Ox. 5044. in a way that expresses contempt, that inflicts disgrace, ignominiously

for-cyrran

Similar entry: for-cirran

for-delfan

(v.)

to dig up

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to destroy by digging (?), to dig up On ðone díc ðǽr esne ðone weg fordealf, C. D. ii. 28, 33

Linked entry: delfan

for-dimmian

(v.)
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Ꝥ hí ná mid þrýstnesse hýrsumnysse gearnunge fordimmian ne praesumptione obedientiae meritum obnubilent, Angl. xiii. 383, 263. Þænne his mód ne feóndes hatunge byð fordimmode cum eius animus nec inimici odio fuscatur, Scint. 24, 19. Sé þe gaderað seolfer

for-dón

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Add: of physical destruction Hé fordyde exterminavit, Bl. Gl. Seneca and Papianus wurdon fordóne Nero Senecam ad eligendae mortis coegit arbitrium. Papianum militum gladiis Antoninus objecit, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 30. Hié mid ealle wǽron fordón and forhiéned

for-drǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drǽfan, p. de

To drivecompel

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To drive, compel to do or undergo Be ðon ðe mon tó ceápe fordrǽfe. Ðonne mon bið tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 140, 15

Linked entries: drǽfan for-drífan

for-drencan

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Heó gelaðode þá cwelleras swilce for cýððe and fordrencte hí mid wíne. Hml. S. 29, 327. Holofernis fordræncte hine sylfne mid þám strangum wíne ... and ealle his þegnas wǽron fordræncte, Hml. A. 111, 294. Add:

for-drugian

(v.)
Grammar
for-drugian, l. for-drúgian,
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Áwisnade ł fordrúgade aruit, Lk. L. 8, 6. On þǽre stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna, Hml. S. 23 b, 197. and add

for-dyslic

(adj.)
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for-dyslic, adj.

Very foolish

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Very foolish Is ꝥ þonne fordyslic geswinc, Bt. 18, 1; S. 42, 10

Linked entry: dys-lic

for-dyttan

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Add Fordytte obstruit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 24. Fordyttat obtrudite, Germ. 398, 95. Fordyt oblitum, coopertum, 397, 378. in a literal, physical sense Þá geoniendan ceáfla þrotbollan fordytte hiulcos (i. apertos) faucium gurguliones oppilauit (i. obturauit

for-fæger

(adj.)
Grammar
for-fæger, adj.

Very beautiful

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Very beautiful, surpassingly fair Hé (the Phenix) hine forbærneþ and eft forfæger ediung úp áríseþ, E. S. viii. 479, 89

Linked entry: fæger

for-fang

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Huic libertati concede additamentum . . . mundbryche, burhbryce . . . forfænge . . . aliasque omnes leges et consuetudines quae ad me pertinent, Cht. Th. 411, 31. Add: ¶ for-fang occurs in a list of emoluments accruing to the king (Edward the Confessor

for-faran

(v.)

To perishTo destroyto blockade

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Add: intrans. To perish Þú wást ꝥ ic ne wiðsace ꝥ ic sylf ne forfare, Hml. S. 12, 194. Micel gesǽlð bið þé þæt þú on ðínre gesǽlðe ne forfare, Hml. Th. ii. 392, 33. Fýse hí man út of þissan earde, oþþe on earde forfaran hí mid ealle, Ll. Th. i. 378,

Linked entry: fór-faran

fór-faran

(v.)

Similar entry: for-faran

for-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
for-feallan, p. -feóll

overwhelm

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To destroy by falling, overwhelm Ðá cwóm micel snáw . . . Ðá ic þá unmǽtnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ðá þúhte mé ꝥ ic wiste ꝥ hé wolde þá wícstówe forfeallan cadere immense ceperunt niues, quarum aggregationem metuens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 16

for-flígan

(v.)
Grammar
for-flígan, p. de
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To put to flight Forflýcð aginat, fugat, Hpt. 31, 16, 418

Linked entry: flígan

for-fylden

(v.)
Grammar
for-fylden, for-fyllan; p. de

To fill upstop upobstruct

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To fill up, stop up, obstruct Forfyldan obstrictas (for? obstructas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 22. Substitute:

for-gǽgednys

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Bið seó ealde forgǽgednys geendod (ut consummetur praeuaricatio, Dan. 9, 24), Hml. Th. ii. 14, 12. Þurh heora ágene forgǽgednysse and ðwyrnysse, i. 112, 34. For heora forgǽgednissum pro suis excessibus, Hy. S. 65, 1. Ꝥæt folc for heora mándǽdum and forgǽgednyssum