A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

For-bernen, v. intr. to burn up, to be destroyed by fire, S; forbrenne, MD; uorbarnde, pt. s., MD; forbrende, MD; for-bernen, v. tr. to burn up, MD; for-bA|rnen, S; forbearne, S; forbrenne, PP; forbrende, pt. s., PP, MD; vor-barnd, pp., S2; uorbernd, S2, MD.—­AS. for-byrnan (v. intr.), pt.-barn (pl. -burnon), pp.-burnen, also, for-bA|rnan (v. tr.), pt. _-bA|rnde_, pp. _-bA|rned_. (For-I.)

For-bisne, sb. example, S; uorbysne, parable, S2; forbusne, PP.—­AS. fore-bysn. (For-3.)

For-blak, adj. very black,.  C. (For-I.)

For-bode, sb. forbidding, S, P; forbod, S; forbot, S. Phr.:  Lordes forbode, it is the Lord’s forbidding, PP; Goddes forbode, PP; Godys forbode, S3.—­AS. forbod. (For-I.)

Force, sb. force; forss, B; fors, B; forse, matter, consequence, PP. Phr.:  no forse, it matters not, PP; no fors, S2, C2; no force, ND, HD, S3 (20 b, 87); to give no force, not to care, HD, Palsg.; make no fors, C3,—­AF force: Late Lat. fortia.  Cp, Cotg, (s.v.):  je ne fais point force de cela, I care not for, I force not of, that thing.

Forcere, sb. casket, strong-box, PP; forcer, HD; focer, HD; fosar, HD.—­OF. forsier; Low Lat. forsarium (acc.), see Ducange.

For-cursA|d, pp. utterly accursed, S. (For- 1.)

For-cwiddare, sb. foreteller, S. (For- 3.)

Ford, sb. a ford, passage, course, MD; forde, PP; forth, PP, S2; vorA3/4, S2; furth, MD.—­AS. Ford (OET.).

For-dede, sb. previous deed, S2. (For- 3.)

For-demen, v. to condemn, MD; for-*demde, pt. s., S; fordemed, pp., MD; fordemet, S; fordempte, pl., MD.—­AS. for-dA(C)man. (For- 1.)

For-don, v. to destroy, S, MD, S2, C, P; fordoon, S2; fordoA deg., pr. s., S, PP; uordonne, ger., S; fordude, pt. s., PP; fordede, S; fordeden, pl., S3; fordo, pp., PP; fordon, S; fordone, S3.—­AS. for-dA cubedn, pt. _-dyde_, pp. _-dA cubedn_. (For- 1.)

For-dreden, v. to frighten, MD; fordred, pp., S. (For- i.)

For-drenche, v. to make drunk, S. (For- 1.)

For-dronken, pp. drunken, C3; uor-*drunken, S.

For-dru3*e, v. to dry up, S; fordruye, pp., MD, CM; fordrye, C2. (For- 1.)

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