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for-sendan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
for-sendan, p. -sende; pp. -sended
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To send away, send into banishment, banish; dimittĕre, relēgāre, deportāre
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  • Sume on wræcsíþ forsende

    some he sent away into banishment,

    • Ors. 3, 7
    • ;
    • Bos. 60, 39.
  • He hine siððan forsende

    he afterwards banished him,

    • 3, 7
    • ;
    • Bos. 59, 26.
  • He wearþ snúde forsended

    he was quickly banished,

    • Beo. Th. 1812
    • ;
    • B. 904.
Etymology
[
Ger. ver-senden to send away.
]
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