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for-wandian

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-wandian, -wandigan; p. ode; pp. od [wandian to fear] .
v. trans.
To reverence, have in honour; vĕrĕri, revĕrĕri
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  • Mínne sunu hig forwandiaþ

    revĕrēbuntur fīlium meum,

    • Mk. Bos. 12, 6: Lk. Bos. 20, 13.
v. intrans.
To be afraid, be confounded, hesitate; confundi, cuntāri
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  • Nellaþ forwandian ðæt hí ne syllon sóþfæstnysse wið sceattum

    they are not afraid to betray truth for money,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 244, 23.

  • Hig forwandiaþ ðæt hig ne dón mínum suna swá

    they will be afraid to do so to my son,

    • Mt. Bos. 21, 37.

  • Forwandigaþ ðæt hie mid ðǽm kycglum hiera worda ongeán hiera ierre worpigen

    they hesitate to hurl the darts of their words against their anger,

    • Past. 40, 5
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 55 b, 4.

  • He forwandode ðæt he swá ne dyde

    he hesitated to do so,

    • 49, 5
      • ;
    • Hat. MS.

  • Gescamian and forwandian, ðe ðe sécaþ sáwle míne

    let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 69, 2: Ps. Spl. 39, 19.

  • Ná hí forwandian ofer me

    non confundantur sŭper me,

    • 68, 9.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-wandian.” 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/11987.

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