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for-sweltan

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Add: of persons, to die, perish. [He shal þe makie to forswelten, Jul. 19, 7.] of a (visible) thing, to die away, fade away, disappear Forswealt disparuit (omnis praestigiarum scaena ... ut fumus evanescens disparuit, Ald. 57, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84,

for-sweorfan

(v.)
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for-sweorfan, to wipe out, destroy.
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See sweorfan in Dict

for-swígan

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for-swígan, v. swígan
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in Dict

for-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
for-swígian, l.
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-swigian

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-hogodlic

(adj.)
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for-hogodlic, adj.

scorncontempt

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Denoting scorn or contempt Drihten þá cynelican burh forhogodlice naman nemde, Bl. H. 77, 23

Linked entry: -hogodlic

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

(v.)

hurryto 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

for-hrædlíce

(adv.)
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for-hrædlíce, adv.

Very quicklysuddenly

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Very quickly, suddenly Wé hí forhrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón ne mægen non repente in fabrica ponitur, Past. 445, 1

Linked entry: hrædlíce

for-hréred

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Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 22. Add:

for-hýdan

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Forhýddan oferhygde mé inwitgyrene absconderunt superbilaqueos mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5. Hú nytt bið se forholena cræft oððe ðæt forhýde (-hýdde, v. l.) gold sapientia abscondita et thesaurus invisus, quae utilitas in utrisque?, Past. 377, 7. Substitute

for-irnan

Similar entry: fore-irnan

for-lǽtende

(adj.)
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for-lǽtende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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To be relaxed or remitted Tiro and Sidone forlétendre bið þonne eów Tyro et Sidone remissius erit quam vobis, Mt. R. ii. 22

Linked entry: -lǽtende

for-leges

Similar entry: for-legis

for-legystre

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Dele

for-leógan

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to accuse falsely, bear false witness against: Ic nelle secgan unsoð on me sylfe, ꝥ ic wið þé ne syngie, gif ic mé sylfe forleóge, Hml. S. 12, 196. Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh, 208. Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan

for-liden

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liden, adj.

Much-travelled

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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt hé wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hé hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11

for-liden

shipwrecked

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shipwrecked

for-liger

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liger, adj.
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Forliger mechus, cha, chum, An. Ox. 18 b, 57: adulter (cf. later glossary: Adulter forliȝer vel æwbræche, 95, 76), Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 68. Swá hwá swá his ǽwe forlǽt and óðer genimð, hé bið þonne eáwbrǽce and eác forligr, Hml. Th. ii. 322, 34. (Perhaps the

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for-líðednes

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Dele