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for-hýnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-hýnan, p. -hýnde; pp. -hýned, -hýnd [hýnan to humble, put down]
To cast down, humble, oppress, waste; hŭmĭliāre, opprĭmĕre, vastāre
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  • Ðone forhýndan and þearfan gerihtlǽcaþ

    hŭmĭlem et paupĕrem justĭfĭcāte,

    • Ps. Lamb. 81, 3.
  • Forhýned

    cast down,

    • Ors. 3, 7
    • ;
    • Bos. 62, 10.
  • Wǽron Pene forhýnde

    the Carthaginians were cast down,

    • Ors. 4, 10
    • ;
    • Bos. 95, 30.
  • Mid ðam bryne Róme burh wæs swíðe forhýned

    the city Rome was brought very low by that burning,

    • Ors. 6, 1
    • ;
    • Bos. 115, 41.
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  • for-hýnan, v.