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for-screncend

Similar entry: for-screncan

for-scrífan

to condemn

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Dele II., and add: to condemn Forscrifen (faer-scribaen, -scrifen) addictus (cf. addicit fordémet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 51; addicti, damnati, 77, 54), Txts. 37, 69. Ferscrifenum abdictis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 59. to blunt a weapon by a charm written on it (cf

for-scrincan

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Swá hwæt swá heó gesyhð, hyt forscrincð and gewíteþ, Lch. i. 242, 24. Hond forscriuncen manus arida, Mt. L. 12, 10. Add

for-scúfan

To drive away

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To drive away, drive to destruction Werud (the Israelites) wæs wígblác, oð þæt wlance (the Egyptians) forsceáf mihtig engel, Exod. 204. Substitute:

for-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
for-scyldig, adj.

wicked ⬩ flagitious

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Very guilty, wicked, flagitious Mid forscildigum sceteratis (manibus), An. Ox. 4707. On forscyldegodum (-scyldigum, v. l.) monnan, Hml. A. 58, 170

for-scyldigod

(adj.)
Grammar
for-scyldigod, adj. (ptcpl.)

Guilty ⬩ wicked ⬩ infamous

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Guilty, wicked, infamous Fǽrlíce gewítt hé of ðissere worulde, nacod and forscyldigod, Hml. Th. i. 66, 13. Ðæt forscildgode wíf, Ap. Th. 26, 17. Sege, þú forscyldeguda, Hml. S. 2, 201. God gewrecð his forsewennysse on forscyldegodum mannum, Hml. A. 58

for-scyttan

preclude

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to shut off or out, preclude Forscytte praeueniet, Ps. L. 58, 11. Forscyttende obdensa, i. opponens, Germ. 397, 480. Add:

Linked entries: for-scytlic scyttan

for-seáþ

(n.)
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Be eástan forseáðas, C. D. v. 173, 16

for-sécan

to attack

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to seek with hostile intent, to attack, Add:

fór-settan

Similar entry: fore-settan

for-sewenlic

(adj.)
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for-sewenlic, adj.

contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised

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deserving contempt, contemptible Forsewenlic biþ ꝥ werod ꝥ wífmenn feohtað that army is contemptible in which women fight, Hml. S. 31, 1097. Ðá ungedyrstigan wénað ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlic sié ðætte hié doð vehementer despecta putant esse quae faciunt

Linked entry: for-sáwenlic

for-sewenlíce

(adv.)
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Forsewenlice deáð þrowian, Mart. H. 156, 20. Hý habbað mé swýðe forsewenlíce útan ymbstanden projicientes me circumdederunt me, Ps. Th. 16, 10. Add

for-sewestre

Similar entry: for-sǽwestre

for-smorian

(v.)
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Forsmored[um] suffocato, An. Ox. 1481. Add

for-spanincg

(adj.)
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for-spanincg, Adj
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Forspanninge lenocinio, An. Ox. 3192. On forspanegum inlecebris, Kent. Gl. 301. Forspanincga inlecebras, Scint. 87, 4

for-speca

Similar entry: fore-spreca

for-specan

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for-spillednes

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Mé þe swá manega sáwla on forspillednysse (-spillend-, v. l.) grin gelǽdde, Hml. S. 23 b, 388. On forspillednesse in perditione, Kent. Gl. 356: R. Ben. I. 110, 11. Hig ꝥ ríce myd forspyllednysse gewǽhton, Hml. A. 185, 111. Add

for-spillendnes

Similar entry: for-spillednes

for-spurned

Similar entry: un-forspurned