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for-styntan

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Forstynt contudit, i. domavit, fregit, compressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 25. Forstyntaþ contundunt (virtutes tela sparorum, Ald. 204, 1 ), 96, 32: 20, 7. For Cot. 48: 177 substitute

for-swelan

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For 'kindle' substitute 'be consumed.'

for-swelgan

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Add: of living creatures, lit. Se fisc forswylcð þone angel forð mid þám ǽse, Hml. Th. i. 216, 12. Þe lǽs wulfas forswelgen ( devorent ) míne sceáp, Coll. M. 20, 15. Forswelgan lurcare, An. Ox. 3573. fig. Forswelð devorat (os impiorum iniquitatem ),

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

for-þancol

Similar entry: foreþancul

for-sweorfan

(v.)

to wipe out ⬩ destroy

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to wipe out, destroy. Similar entries See sweorfan in Dict

for-swígan

Grammar
for-swígan,
Similar entries
v. swígan
in Dict.

Linked entry: swígan

for-ðam

Similar entry: se

for-þeófian

(v.)

Similar entry: for-þiófan

for-þeón

(v.)

to surpass

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to surpass

for-þeóstrian

(v.)
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Forþrýstrede obscuravit, Bl. Gl. Add

for-þringan

to thrust aside ⬩ crowd out

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to thrust aside, crowd out On nánum stówum ne sý endebyrdnes be nánre ylde gefadod, ne seó yld þá geogoðe ne forþringe, R. Ben. 115, 7. Add:

for-þunden

Similar entry: for-þindan

for-trúwodnes

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for-trúwodnes, (-ed-).
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Word fortrúgadnisse verba praecipitationis, Ps. Srt. 51, 6. Ðá ðe for hira fortrúwodnesse and for hira hrædwilnesse beóð tó (ðǽre láre) gescofene quos praecipitatio impellit, Past. 375, 20. Hé bið genéd mid sumre fortrúwodnesse temeritate impellitur praecipitationis

for-tyhtan

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Faertyhted clinici, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 14. Add

for-weaxan

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Gif wamb forweaxe on men, Lch. ii. 238, 29. Ne eft hé ne lǽte forweahsan (-weaxan, v. l.) tó swíðe tó unnytte ... hé mæge hié íðelíce of áceorfan ðæt hié tó ungemetlíce ne forweaxen nec rursum ad crescendum nimis relaxet ... recidantur citius, ne immoderatius

for-wel

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Forebeácn forwel manegum prodigium multis, Ps. L. 70, 7: Hml. S. 30, 7. Forwel oft interdum, i. aliquando, An. Ox, 3346. Add

Linked entries: wel for-swíþe

for-wandian

(v.)

to reverence ⬩ to hesitate from fear ⬩ to do something

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Add: to reverence Ꝥ mǽden mid forwandigendre sprǽce cwæð the maid speaking respectfully said, Ap. Th. 15, 17. to hesitate from fearto do something (with a negative clause) Sume seóce menn forwandigað ꝥ hý nellað geþafian ꝥ hí man smyrige on heora untrumnysse

for-wandigendlíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: un-forwandigendlíce