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for-dón

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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for-dón, to for-dónne; he -déþ; p. ic, he -dyde, ðú -dydest, pl. -dydon; subj. pres. -dó, pl. -dón; p. -dyde, pl. -dyden; pp. -dón, -dén.
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
to do for, destroy, kill; perdĕre, destruĕre, dēlēre, contĕrĕre, interfĭcĕre, occīdĕre
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  • Ondrǽdaþ ðone, ðe mæg sáwle and líchaman fordón on helle

    tĭmēte eum, qui pŏtest et ănĭmam et corpus perdĕre in gehennam,

    • Mt. Bos. 10, 28: Mk. Bos. 3, 6: Gen. 18, 23: Chr. 1013
    • ;
    • Erl. 149, 2, 24: L. Ath. iv. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 220, 23.
  • He wolde ealle his þeóde fordón and fordilgian

    tōtam ejus gentem dēlēre et extermĭnāre decrēvĕrat,

    • Bd. 3, 24
    • ;
    • S. 556, 13: Deut. 9, 19.
  • He wolde Aaron fordón

    vŏluit Aaron contĕrĕre,

    • Deut. 9, 20.
  • Ðæt he mǽge fordón ða unsceððendan

    ut interfĭciat innŏcentem,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 28.
  • He sécþ hine to fordónne

    quærit perdĕre eum,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 32.
  • Ic fordó hig

    ego disperdam eos,

    • Gen. 6, 13.
  • Ðe ðæne scyldigan rihtlíce fordéþ

    who lawfully does for the guilty,

    • L. Edg. S. 14
    • ;
    • Th. i. 278, 1.
  • Be ðam wífmen ðe hire bearn fordéþ

    de mŭliĕre quæ infantem suum occīdit,

    • L. Ecg. P. cont. ii. 2
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 180, 3.
  • Se bisceop towearp and fordyde ða wigbed

    pontĭfex ipse polluit ac destruxit eas āras,

    • Bd. 2, 13
    • ;
    • S. 517, 18: Chr. 986
    • ;
    • Erl. 130, 11: 1075
    • ;
    • Erl. 214, 15: Deut. 9, 4.
  • Ðú fordydest ǽlcne man

    perdĭdisti omnem,

    • Ps. Lamb. 72, 27.
  • Se here fordydon eall ðæt he oferferde

    the army destroyed all that it passed over,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Erl. 157, 12.
  • fordydon me

    consummāvērunt me,

    • Ps. Lamb. 118, 87.
  • Ðæt ic hig fordó

    ut contĕram eum,

    • Deut. 9, 14.
  • Ðæt he fordó

    ut perdat,

    • Jn. Bos. 10, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 260
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 130.
  • Ðæt we hig fordón

    ut perdāmus illos,

    • Gen. 19, 13.
  • Ðý-læs hí fordón óðra gesceafta

    lest they destroy other creatures,

    • Bt. 39, 13
    • ;
    • Fox 234, 9.
  • Ðæt he eów ne fordyde

    ne dēlēret vos,

    • Deut. 9, 25.
  • Ðý-læs hí óðra fordyden æðela gesceafta

    lest they should destroy other noble creatures,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 29, 91
    • ;
    • Met. 29, 45.
  • Hú oft ic hæbbe fordón ða Egiptiscan

    quotiens contrīvĕrim Ægyptios,

    • Ex. 10, 2.
to seduce, defile, corrupt; sedūcĕre, scĕlĕrāre
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  • Ðeáh heó dearnenga fordón wurde mid ligenum

    though she [Eve] was secretly seduced with lies,

    • Cd. 30
    • ;
    • Th. 39, 22
    • ;
    • Gen. 629.
  • Deáþfirenum fordén

    defiled by deadly sins,

    • Exon. 25 b
    • ;
    • Th. 74, 15
    • ;
    • Cri. 1207.
  • On ða firenum fordóne sorgum wlítaþ

    on which the defiled by sins shall sorrowfully look,

    • Exon. 24 a
    • ;
    • Th. 68, 16
    • ;
    • Cri. 1104.
  • Ðǽr wæs cirm micel, fordénera gedræg

    there was a great noise, a tumult of the defiled,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 85
    • ;
    • An. 43.
  • Seóðeþ swearta lég synne on fordónum

    the swart flame of sin shall seethe on the corrupted,

    • Exon. 22 b
    • ;
    • Th. 62, 2
    • ;
    • Cri. 995.
[
O. Sax. fardón
:
Dut. ver-doen to destroy, kill
:
Ger. ver-thun to waste.
] Used by Shakespeare.
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v.  for-gedón.
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