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to let go
what one holds
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  • 'Ic bebeóde ꝥ gé hine leng ne beran, ac hine ánforlǽtan.' And hié sóna hine forlétan and hé gefeól,

      Bl. H. 189, 12.
what one possesses,
to lose
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  • Ic geþence hwæt ic ánforlét (amisi), and þonne ic geþence hwæt ic forleás

    (perdidi),

      Gr. D. 5, 9.
  • Hié ne gémdon hwonne hié ꝥ gestreón eall ánforlǽtan sceoldon,

      Bl. H. 99, 30.
to leave unnoticed, to omit, neglect
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  • Þá gódan weorc wé ánforlǽtaþ þe wé began sceoldan, Bl. H. 109, 4. ꝥ nán dæg ne sý betweoh ánforlǽten

    (praetermittatur),

    ꝥ on þám ne sý geoffrod seó onsægdnes,
      Gr. D. 345, 29.
to lose as the result of fault
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  • Tó náhte nyt ne biþ ꝥ man gódne mete ete . . . gif ꝥ gelimpeþ ꝥ hé hit eft spíwende ánforlǽteþ; swá wé þá gástlican láre unwærlíce ne sceolan ánforlǽtan,

      Bl. H. 57, 5-9.
  • Hé (Adam) gemunde þá gefeán þe hé ǽr ánforlét

    (amiserat),

      Gr. D. 261, 5 : Wlfst. 2, 10.
to let go what ought to be kept,
to forsake, abandon
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  • Seó sáwel byþ deádlic þonne heó ánforlǽt syngiende ꝥ heó eádiglíce lifige

    mortalis quia beate vivere amittit,

      Gr. D. 337, 2.
  • Manige men hwæthugu gód begangaþ, and raþe hié hit ánforlǽtaþ. Bl. H. 57, 3.
  • Hé his swostor ánforlét. Chr. 658; P. 32, 7.
to give up what one has a claim to
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  • Gif wé ússe brýde ánforlǽtað

    if we give up those who ought to be our wives.

      Shrn. 86, 22.
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