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for-pǽran

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-pǽran, p. de; pp. ed
To turn away, pervert, ruin, destroy; pervertĕre, perdĕre
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  • He ðæs óðres sáwle forpǽrþ þurh his yfelum tihtingum

    he perverts the other's soul by his evil instigations,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 226, 31: 208, 20.

  • Hie forpǽraþ ðæm edleáne

    mĕrĭtum pervertunt.

    • Past. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 53 b, 8.

  • Gif we us sylfe ne forpǽraþ

    if we do not destroy ourselves,

    • Homl. Th. i. 216, 9: ii. 50, 5.

  • Adam us forpǽrde þurh ánes æpples þigene

    Adam ruined us by the eating of an apple,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 330, 32.

  • Ðæt he ðone man forpǽre

    that he may destroy the man,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 20.
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v.  a-pǽran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-pǽran.” 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/11631.

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