for-settan
to stop up ⬩ block ⬩ obstruct ⬩ to press down ⬩ oppress ⬩ repress
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Substitute: to stop up, block, obstruct Dype ánne cláð and forsete þá næsðyrlu þǽr mid, Lch. i. 180, 2. Hí tiledon ꝥ hí him ðone weg forsetton and fortýndon iter illi intercludere contendebant, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 278, 9. Sume hí wurpon þá moldan úp and
for-sewen
Despised ⬩ abject
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Despised, abject Þú hæfst ús gehwyrfde on bæclincg and ús forsewenran gedóne þonne úre fýnd avertisti nos retrorsum prae inimicis nostris, Ps. Th. 43, 12. Ðonne óðrum monnum ðyncð ðæt hié mǽste scande ðrowigen, and hié forsewenuste bióð for worulde cum
for-sewennes
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Ðá swelcan mon sceal forsión mid eallum forsewennessum (-sewenissum, v. l.) ... for ðǽm ðætte sió forsewennes (-sewenis, v. l.) him ege on gebringe, Past. 265, 19. Swylce tó forsewennysse woruldlicra ǽhta as if in contempt of worldly possessions, Hml.
for-síþ
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Útsíþe, forsíþe exitia, An. Ox. 4128. Add
for-sittan
to stop up
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Add: trans. to stop up Gif eágan forsetene beóþ ... drýp on ꝥ eáge, Lch. iii. 2, 20. to lose by sitting, to fail to go and do something, neglect or defer a duty Gif preóst fulwihðe untrumes forsitte, Ll. Th. i. 38, 10. Gif hwá burhbóte oþþe bricgbóte
for-slǽwan
hinder ⬩ impede
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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4
Linked entry: for-sláwian
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Add: to injure by striking, cut through or break with a stroke, wound with a blow Heó slóh tó his hneccan, and mid twám slegum forslóh him þone swuran percussit bis in cervicem ejus et abscidit caput ejus, Hml. A. 111, 305. Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan
for-spǽc
Similar entry: fóre-spræc
for-spænendlic
Similar entry: for-spennendlic
for-spendan
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Hí úre sceattas forspenden geond ealle eorðan, Hml. S. 23, 304. Add
for-spennan
to allure ⬩ entice
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to allure, entice Bepǽcendre, forspennendre illecebroso, An. Ox. 3190. Forspennende lenocinantes, 4626
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for-hergung
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Forheriunge (printed sor-) infestatione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 43. Hwæt forwearþ . . . on þeóda forhergiunge nationes vastationibus terebantur, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 5. Add
for-hogdness
Contempt
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Contempt Tó worulde forhogdnisse ad contemtum saeculi, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 15: Ps. Srt. 78, 4: Rtl. 103, 28
Linked entries: -hogdnes for-hogodness
for-hogiend
A despiser ⬩ contemner
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A despiser, contemner Þearfena lufiend and his sylfes forhogiend cultor pauperum et contemptor sui, Gr. D. 329, 13
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for-hogness
Contempt
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Contempt Tó worolde forhohnesse (-hoge-, v. l.) ad contemtum saeculi, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 15
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for-hogodlic
scorn ⬩ contempt
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Denoting scorn or contempt Drihten þá cynelican burh forhogodlice naman nemde, Bl. H. 77, 23
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for-hogodness
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Forhogadnis contemptio, Ps. Srt. 106, 40: 122, 3: contemptus, 30, 19. Forhogodnesse contemptum, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 15. Take here for-hogednes, and add
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for-hogung
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Forhogung contemptus, i. contemptio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 81. Of forhogunge ex contemptu, Kent. Gl. 1167: Angl. xiii. 440, 1067: Scint. 203, 13. On forhogunge subsannationem, Ps. Spl. 43, 15. Add
for-hradian
hurry ⬩ to anticipate
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Add: to go too quickly, hurry Ðá ðe nabbað ildo tó ðon ðæt hié mægen lǽran, and hí ðeáh forhradiað ðæt hié hit ongiennað quos a praedicationis officio aetas prohibit, et tamen praecipitatio impellit, Past. 383, 22. to anticipate Forhradode Godes engel
Linked entry: fore-hradian