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for-hicgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed
To neglect, reject, despise, condemn; despĭcĕre, spernĕre
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  • Se wæs middangeard forhicgende

    he was despising the world;

    cum esset contemptu mundi insignis,
    • Bd. 5, 9
    • ;
    • S. 623, 25.
  • Se ðeme forhigþ

    qui spernit me,

    • Jn. Bos. 12, 48.
  • We forhicgaþ on arísendum on us

    spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis,

    • Ps. Spl. 43, 7.
  • Driht ná forhigede and ne forseah béne þearfena

    Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris,

    • 21, 23.
  • Ná he forhigde béne heora

    non sprēvit prĕcem eōrum,

    • 101, 18.
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