folgian
- verb [ weak ]
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Míne sceáp gehýraþ míne stefne, and hig folgiaþ me
ŏves meæ vócem meam audiunt, et sĕquuntur me,
- Jn. Bos. 10, 27.
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He folgode feorhgeníþlan
he pursued his deadly foes,
- Beo. Th. 5858 ;
- B. 2933.
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Þegn folgade
a thane went behind it,
- Exon. 109b ;
- Th. 419, 8 ;
- Rä. 38, 2: 129a ;
- Th. 495, 4 ;
- Rä. 84, 2.
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We sóþfæstes swaðe folgodon
we followed the true one's track,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1346 ;
- An. 673.
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Ðæt mínre spræce spéd folgie
that success follow my word,
- Ps. Th. 55, 4.
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Gif ceorl acwyle be libbendum wífe and bearne, riht is ðæt hit ðæt bearn médder folgige
if a husband die, his wife and child yet living, it is right that the child follow the mother,
- L. H. E. 6 ;
- Th. i. 30, 4.
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Ðæt ðære spræce spéd folgode
that success would follow that speech,
- Cd. 109 ;
- Th. 144, 4 ;
- Gen. 2384.
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Cwǽdon hí ðæt him nǽnig mǽg leófra nǽre ðonne hira hláford, and hí næfre his banan folgian noldon
they said that no kinsman was dearer to them than their lord, and they would never follow [ = serve] his murderer,
- Chr. 755 ;
- Erl. 50, 20.
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Folgian líchoman luste
to follow [ = serve] the body's lust,
- R. Ben. 4.
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Ne mæg nán þeów twám hláfordum þeówian: he ánum folgaþ and óðerne forhogaþ
nēmo servus pŏtest duōbus dŏmĭnis servire: ūni adhærēbit et altĕrum contemnet,
- Lk. Bos. 16, 13.
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He forlǽteþ láre ðíne and mánþeáwum mínum folgaþ
he shall desert thy doctrine and follow my evil customs,
- Elen. Kmbl. 1857 ;
- El. 930.
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Him folgiaþ in ðam gladan hám gǽstas gecorene
chosen spirits follow [ = serve] him [Christ] in that glad home,
- Exon. 64b ;
- Th. 237, 16 ;
- Ph. 591.
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He folgode ánum burhsittendum men ðæs ríces
adhǽsit ūni cīvium rĕgiōnis illīus,
- Lk. Bos. 15, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 500, 10.
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Dó ðæt mid ðæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse ðe he ǽr in his scíre folgode
let him do it with the knowledge of the alderman whom he before followed in his shire,
- L. Alf. pol. 37 ;
- Th. i. 86, 4, 7: L. Ath. i. 8 ;
- Th. i. 204, 5: i. 22 ;
- Th. i. 210, 21: iv. 1 ;
- Th. i. 220, 21.
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We lǽraþ, ðæt ǽnig preóst ne underfó óðres scólere, búton ðæs leáfe ðe he ǽr folgode
we enjoin, that no priest receive another's scholar, without leave of him whom he previously followed,
- L. Edg. C. 10 ;
- Th. ii. 246, 15.
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Ðeáh hie hira beággyfan banan folgedon
though they followed [ = served] their ring-giver's murderer,
- Beo. Th. 2209 ;
- B. 1102.
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Ðæt ǽlc folgie swylcum hláforde swylcum he wille
that each follow [ = serve] such lord as he will,
- L. Ath. iv. 1 ;
- Th. i. 222, 1.
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Wæs on eorþan éce Drihten feówertig daga folgad folcum, ǽr he to heofonríce astáh
on earth the Lord eternal was followed [ = attended] by people for forty days, ere he ascended into heaven,
- Cd. 226 ;
- Th. 300, 4 ;
- Sat. 559.
Bosworth, Joseph. “folgian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11152.
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