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for-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tredan, ðú -tretst, -trydst, -trytst; p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread upon ⬩ tread under foot ⬩ conculcāre ⬩ calcāre

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Wénunga þeóstru fortredaþ me forsĭtan tenebræ conculcābunt me, Ps. Lamb. 138, 11. Wegferende ðæt sǽd fortrǽdon the wayfarers trod the seed down, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 15: i. 544, 28.

for-tredan

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Contrivit geþrǽste minuit fortræd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 80. Ꝥte hiá ne fortrédon (-un, R.) hine ne compremerent eum, Mk. L. 3, 9. Add

un-fortreden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fortreden, adj.

Not destroyed by treading

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Not destroyed by treading Unfortreden wyrt appoligonius ( = polygonum ), Lchdm. iii. 299, col. 2

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un-fortredde

(n.)

not destroyed by treading ⬩ knot-grass ⬩ polygonum aviculare

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not destroyed by treading; a name given to a plant that can grow in trodden paths, knot-grass; polygonum aviculare Pilogonus et sanguinaria ðæt is unfortredde, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 66. Unfortrædde. Ðeós wyrt ðe man proserpinacam and óðrum naman unfortredde

for-treddan

Grammar
for-treddan, Cf. un-fortredde.

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for-treddan

(v.)
Grammar
for-treddan, p. de
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To tread down, destroy by treading Swá swá rípe yrð hí fortreddon and fornámon and hí ealle foryrmdon quasi maturam segetem obuia quaeque metunt, calcant, transeunt, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 32, 22

for-trendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-trendan, p. de
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To obstruct by rolling, stop an opening Hí námon swíðe micelne stán and fortrendon þǽre byrgenne duru they took a very big stone and stopped the sepulchre's mouth by rolling the stone to it, Nap. 62

Linked entry: trendan

for-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tendan, p. -tende [ = -tendede], pl. -tendon; pp. -tended [for-, tendan to burn]

To burn off or away ⬩ sear ⬩ inūrĕre

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To burn off or away, sear; inūrĕre Ðǽm mǽdencildum [MS. -cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female

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for-treding

(n.)
Grammar
for-treding, e; f.

A treading down ⬩ crushing ⬩ conculcātio ⬩ contrītio

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A treading down, crushing; conculcātio, contrītio, Som. Ben. Lye

for-treding

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Múð dysiges fortredincg (contritio) his a fool's mouth is his destruction (Prov. 18, 7), Scint. 95, 10. Add

ge-wilnigendlic

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L. 18, 11. concupiscent, libidinous Ús is beboden . . . fortredan ðá gewilnigendlice lustas, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 29. capable of desire Uþwytan sæcgað ꝥ þǽre sáwle gecynd is ðryfeald. Án dǽl is on hire gewylnigendlic, Hml. S. 1, 97

of-sittan

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Add Ofsittan and fortredan ðá gewilnigendlican lustas, Hml. Th. ii. 398, 29

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Ðone stíðan swioran fortredan rigida colla victorum calcare, Past. 33 ; Swt. 228, 8. in a bad sense, stiff (as in stiff-necked) Gé wiðstandaþ ðam Hálgan Gáste mid stíðum swuran, Homl.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

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