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Anglo-Saxon

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for-gifen

Similar entry: un-forgifen

for-hǽþan

Similar entry: hǽþ

for-healdness

(n.)
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At end of l. 3 insert: (nulla immunditia polluaris)

for-hogiend

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Crístes róde tácnes forhogiend ( contemptor ), Chrd. 41, 31. Add

for-lǽþan

(v.)
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to loathe, detest Man forlǽþeð þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3

Linked entry: lǽþan

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

for-nirwian

(v.)
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Dele the bracket in l. 2, and add: to diminish the productivity of. The Latin original is: Fructus arborum deficiunt, Archiv cxxviii. 57

for-sceáwere

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for-stregdan

(v.)
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to destroy Ðý lǽs hé forstrugde hié, Ps. Vos. 105, 23

for-sweotole

(adv.)
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very plainly Forsweotole ongytan, Solil. H. 2, 23

út-fór

(n.)
Grammar
út-fór, e; f.

A going out from the body ⬩ an evacuation

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A going out from the body, an evacuation Be drencum and útfórum, Lchdm. ii. 14, 30

for-spild

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Onlícnesse ... ðára ðe hiera hátheortnes hié suíðe hrædlíce on færspild gelǽd typum eorum quos vehementer arripiens furor in praeceps ducit, Past. 295, 19. Add

for-spennendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-spennendlic, adj.

Alluring ⬩ enticing

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Alluring, enticing Forspænnendlicum (-spænend-, Hpt. Gl. 525, 65) lenocinante, An. Ox. 5283. Forspennendlice geférrǽdene inlecebrosa consortia, 222

Linked entries: -spennendlic for-spænendlic

for-sprǽc

Similar entry: fore-spræc

for-spilness

Linked entry: -spilnes

for-sworcenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sworcenlic, adj.

Obscure

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Obscure Wealcan wé forsworcenlices náht volvamus obscurum nichil, Hy. S. 24, 21

Linked entry: -sworcenlíc

for-sworennys

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Of ðisum leahtre (gítsung) beóð ácennede leásunga ... and forsworennys Hml. Th. ii. 220, 11. Gítsung ( avaritia ) macað leásunga and forsworennyssa, Hml. S. 16, 283. Add

for-styltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-styltan, p. te

To be overcome with astonishment

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To be overcome with astonishment Forstyltun (forestyldton, L. ) obstupuerunt, Mk. R. 5, 42:(forstyldton, L.) 10, 24: (forestylton, L.), 16, 5

Linked entry: fore-styltan

for-sweltan

to die ⬩ perish ⬩ to die away ⬩ fade away ⬩ disappear

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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-þanclíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: foreþanclíce

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