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fór-mete

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Hig lédon on his sacc fórmete datis cibariis in viam, Gen. 42, 25. Hé sealde him formete (or for mete?), hláf and wæter tollens panem et utrem aquae imposuit scapulae ejus, 21, 14. Sile him fórmete dabis viaticum, Deut. 15, 14. Sum óðer wegférend bær

for-molsnian

(v.)
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Manna líchaman formolsniað tó dúste, Hml. S. 12, 28. Hire líchama ne mihte formolsnian on eorðan ... God mæg árǽran ðá formolsnodon líchaman, 20, 108-110. Seó anlícnys tófeól tó heora fótum formolsnod, 2, 374. Add:

for-neán

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Forneán propemodum, i. pene (inuestigabile), An. Ox. 2674. Unsprecende forneán, Hml. S. 3, 481. Forneán ꝥ ýtemeste íglond, Lch. iii. 432, 18. Forneán circiter, i. pene (quingentorum), An. Ox. 3719: Angl. vii. 36, 335. Wé swincan nellað nánþincg forneán

Linked entry: neán

for-nytlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-nytlíce, adv.

Very usefully

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Very usefully Fornytlíce (full nyttlíce, v. l.) utiliter, Gr. D. 174, 20

for-oft

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Se Hǽlend hét hine sylfne mannes sunu foroft, Hml. A. 55, 118: 58, 169: 50, 26: 71, 169. Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne heregende here: here man mæg foroft befleón, ac þá déman man ne mæg befleón, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 23. Add

Linked entry: oft

for-pyndan

To precludeshut upstopprevent the action of

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To preclude, shut up, stop, prevent the action of Críst onwráh in Dauides dýrre mǽgan þæt is Euan scyld eal forpynded Christ revealed that in the Virgin Mary Eve's guilt is closed, Cri. 97. Substitute:

for-rotian

(v.)
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Forrotað putrescet, Kent. Gl. 324. Fultum heora forrotað (ueterescet) on helle, Ps. Rdr. 48, 15. Ðá nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe, Hml. Th. i. 118, 15. Ne forrotige on brosnunge þeós hand, Hml. S. 26, 101. Ðeáh ðá bán for æfste forrotigen putredo ossium

for-rotigendlic

Similar entry: un-forrotigendlic

for-rotodnes

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Forrotadnes putredo, Kent. Gl. 395. Forrotodness caries, An. Ox. 18 b, 17. Áfylled mid deádum bánum and forrotodnysse plenus ossibus mortuorum et omni spurcitia (Mt. 23, 27), Hml. Th. ii. 404, 19. Forrotodnesse corruptionem, Ps. L. 15, 10. Wyð þæs múþes

for-sacan

renounceabandonforsake

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Add Ic forsace detracto, ne forsace ic non detracto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 1, 2. Forsooc detractavit, 106, 15. Forsóc, 25, 24. to refuse to receive what is offered Hé forsóc þá feáwa axan (cf. ꝥ hé underfénge þá gerýnu, 46), Hml. S. 12, 58. Mid árwurðnysse

for-sætnian

(v.)

Similar entry: for-setnian

for-scapung

Mishapcalamitydestruction

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Mishap, calamity, destruction (?) ꝥ sió hǽte nǽre for hiora synnum, ac sǽdon ꝥ hió wǽre for Fetontis forscapunge, Ors. 1, 7; S. 40, 9. Ungetíma and tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce ge on mislicre forscapunge diuturnitatem

for-sceppan

Similar entry: for-scippan

for-screncan

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Add Iacób is gecweden forscrencend, and sé bið unleás forscrencend þe mid gleáwnysse his flǽsclican leahtras and deófles tihtinge forscrencð, Hml. Th. i. 586, 24. Wígstealla forscre[n]cen[n]e (ad) propugnacula subruenda, An. Ox. 865. to cause to shrink

for-screncedness

Linked entry: -screncedness

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.)
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for-scyldig, adj.

wickedflagitious

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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