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for-sworcenness

(n.)
Grammar
for-sworcenness, e; f.
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Obscurity, darkness On forsworcennesse sweartes þrosmes and ðæs weallendan pices, Wlfst. 139, 1. Næfð mín niht náne forsworcennysse, Hml. Th. i. 428, 30. Forsworcennyssa obscura, Hy. S. 23, 31: 37, 4

Linked entry: -sworcenness

for-sworennys

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Of ðisum leahtre (gítsung) beóð ácennede leásunga ... and forsworennys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 11. Gítsung ( avaritia ) macað leásunga and forsworennyssa, Hml. S. 16, 283. Add

for-ðam

Grammar
for-ðam, v. se;
3 b.

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for-þanclíce

(adv.)

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for-þancol

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for-þeahtung

(n.)
Grammar
for-þeahtung, e; f.
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Advice, exhortation Gesceádwíslicre forþahtincge mynegunge rationabili exortationis monitu, Angl. xiii. 447, 1167

Linked entry: forþ-atincg

for-þeón

(v.)
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to surpass

for-þeóstrian

(v.)
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Forþrýstrede obscuravit, Bl. Gl. Add

for-þringan

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Add: to thrust aside, crowd out On nánum stówum ne sý endebyrdnes be nánre ylde gefadod, ne seó yld þá geogoðe ne forþringe, R. Ben. 115, 7

for-þrycness

(n.)
Grammar
for-þrycness, e; f.
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Oppression, extortion Þa unrihtwísan déman him of hira ceasterwarena forðrycnesse gestreón gaderiað, Ll. Lbmn. 475. 26

Linked entry: þrycness

for-þrysmian

(v.)
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Add: <b>-þrysman.</b> to choke as with smoke Þá Judéas Crýst mid stengum and myd blásum hyne forþrysmodon and úre leóht ofslógon, Hml. A. 191, 291. Þæt sǽd mid þǽra þorna wæstme forðrysmod wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 6. Forðresmedon suffocato

for-þunden

Similar entry: for-þindan

for-þwyrftan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þwyrftan, (-þwyrtan)
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to cut off, cut down; obtruncare Forþwyrtan obtruncasse, An. Ox. 5028. Fortþerty ( = forþwyrte) obtruncati, 11, 75. Hí man forðwyrftum limum tó wæfersýne tucode, Hml. S. 28, 128

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, p. -feóde
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To gain (v. feoh) Gif middangeard eall gettrióna ł gefeáge si mundum itniversum lucretur, Mt. L. 16, 26

ge-fóg

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Gefóg commissuram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 37: 17, 44. Þára gefóga compaginum, Lch. i. lxxii, 9. Gefógum compaginum, conjunctionum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 72. v. stán-gefog, and cf. ge-fég. Add

ge-fóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fóg, adj.
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Fit, suitable Be þæs monnes mihtum sceal mon þá lǽce-dómas sellan þe þonne gefóge synd heáfde and heortan, Lch. ii. 238, 21. v. un-gefóg, and preceding word

lím-fín

(n.)
Grammar
lím-fín, e ; f.
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A lime-heap Ðanon on gerihte on cyncges límfíne, of ðǽre fíne niðer, C. D. B. i. 518, 41. Cf. wudu-fín

Linked entry: fin

middel-fót

(adj.)
Grammar
middel-fót, v. middel; adj.

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be-feón

(v.)
Grammar
be-feón, Cf. ge-feón.

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for-dilemengan

(v.)
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to dissemble, not to observe Ne fordilemenge man gyltas neque dissimulent peccata, Chrd. 18, 9

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