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for-gnagan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-gnagan, p. -gnóg, pl. -gnógon; pp. -gnagen [for-, gnagan to gnaw]
To gnaw or eat up; corrōdĕre, comĕdĕre
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  • On eallum grówendum þingon hig forgnagaþ

    omnia quæ nascuntur corrōdent, sive comĕdent,

    • Ex. 10, 5.
  • Gærstapan forgnógon swá hwæt swá se hagol belǽfde

    locusts gnawed up whatsoever the hail had left,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 194, 1.
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