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for-habban

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-habban, part, -hæbbende; p. -hæfde, pl. -hæfdon; impert. -hafa, pl. -habbaþ; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To hold in, restrain, retain, abstain, refrain; tĕnēre, contĭnēre, cŏhĭbēre, prŏhĭbēre, abstĭnēre
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  • Ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreðre

    he might not retain his wavering courage in his heart,

    • Beo. Th. 2306
      • ;
    • B. 1151: 5211
      • ;
    • B. 2609.

  • He ðǽar sum fæc on forhæbbendum lífe lifede

    ălĭquandiu contĭnentissĭmam gessit vītam,

    • Bd. 5, 11
      • ;
    • S. 626, 16.

  • Ðæt mynster óþ gyt to dæge Englisce menn ðǽr on ælþeódignysse hí forhabbaþ

    quod vĭdēlĭcet mŏnastērium usque hŏdie ab Anglis tĕnētur incŏlis,

    • 4, 4
      • ;
    • S. 571, 17.

  • Forbeód oððe forhafa oððe bewere tungan ðíne fram yfle

    prŏhĭbe linguam tuam a mălo,

    • Ps. Lamb. 33, 14.

  • Hit forhæfed gewearþ ðætte hie sǽdon swefn cyninge

    it was denied them that they should say the dream to the king,

    • Cd. 179
      • ;
    • Th. 225, 1
      • ;
    • Dan. 147.

  • Hyra eágan wǽron forhæfde

    ŏcŭli illōrum tĕnēbantur.

    • Lk. Bos. 24, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-habban.” 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/11514.

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