fór-wyrcan
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and add Wé ðone biteran wille æt ðǽm ǽsprynge forwyrceað and ádrýgað, Past. 307, 1. Hé hét þæs scræfes ingang ðǽr hí inne lágon eall hit mid weorcstánum forwyrcan ... Hé clypode: 'Hí man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ðǽrinne forwyrce, ꝥ hí sunnan
for-wyrd
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Add: f. or uncertain Ðeós forwyrd perditio haec, Mt. R. L. 26, 8. Is án forwyrd and ænde ( interitus ) þæs mannes and nýtena, Gr. D. 264, 16. Cwilde, forwyrde internicionis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 72: Guth. 38, 22. Forwirde dæg dies perditionis, Deut. 32,
for-wyrdende
Similar entry: for-wirdan
for-wyrht
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criminal
for-wyrht
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Substitute: e; f. Evil-doing, crime, sin Búton forwyrhtum sine malefactis, Ll. Th. ii. 238, 11
for-wyrnan
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for-wyrnednes
Similar entry: for-wirnedness
fur-lang
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Add: as a lineal measure, originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe, C. D. vi. 1, 25. Of ðǽre ealdan díc on
fyrn-dagas
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Swíðe eald feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, Hml. S. 23, 614. Add
-fyrn-ness
Similar entry: ge-fyrnness
fyrs-gára
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A triangular piece of land covered with furze On ðane fyrsgáran, C. D. iv. 8, 35
fyrs-rǽw
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A row or fence of furze On áne firesréwe, C. D. vi. 230, 30
fýl-ness
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Hwæt sceoldon þé ( the soul ), þeódeorðan fýlnes, úre ǽlmessan?, Wlfst. 240, 15. Seó fýlnes ( foetor ) þæs stincendan mistes, Gr. D. 319, 11. Mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebula, 318, 28. Fýlnesse fuliginis,
for-swigung
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Silence, a passing over in silence Of forsuwunge silentio, Hpt. Gl. 455, 55
Linked entry: -swigung
for-swíþan
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[The Latin original of Past. 50, 1 (Swt. 387, 22) is: Prosperitatem apud judicium cordis non reprimit.] Add:: to overcome, conquer ꝥte stronga ðu forsuíðes ut fortia confundas, Rtl. 50, 13. ꝥ forswíðeð middangeard vincit mundum, 28, 1, 3. ꝥte ðá ðe ué
Linked entry: fore-swíþan
for-sworcenlic
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Obscure Wealcan wé forsworcenlices náht volvamus obscurum nichil, Hy. S. 24, 21
for-sworcenness
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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