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  • Wæs forbúgende

    cedens,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 3
      • .
with acc. or clause.
to avoid,
not to come in contact with, not meet with, get or keep out of the way of a material object
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  • Rae. mid emfare forbúgaþ

    balenam circito declinant.

    • An. Ox. 670
      • .

  • Swican hé forbeáh

    decipulam declinavit,

    • Hpt. Gl. 520, 31.

  • Hé ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe monna spát],

    • Past. 261, 8
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  • Ðá suelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt wé hié forbúgen,

    • 293, 22
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  • Hié sindon swǽ micle wærlícor tó ferbúgonne (? oferbúganne, Hatt. MS. ),

    • 294, 21
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not to be exposed to, not be subject to
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  • Yrre Godes þá hwíle þe wé lybbað forbúgan

    (uitare)

    wé magon,

    • Scint. 233, 20
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  • Ðæt wé mægen forbúgan ðæt wíte,

    • Past. 255, 5
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  • Unsibbe mon ne mehte mid nánum þingum forbúgan.

    • Ors. 6, 3;
    • S. 256, 33
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  • Beón forbogen

    uitari,

    • Scint. 234, I
      • .
to abstain from an action, practice, &c.
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  • Barbarismum hig on heora gesetnyssa forbúgað,

    • Angl. viii. 313, 18
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  • Swá ꝥ heó

    (the soul)

    leahtras forbúge,

    • Hml. S. l, 154, 237
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  • Swá heó syngige, swá heó synna forbúge,

    • Hml. Th. i. 292, 33
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  • Ðæt wé orsorgnesse ús ondrǽden, and hí forbúgen,

    • Past. 35, 2.

  • Þæt wé ǽlcne hǽðendom georne forbúgan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 314, 9.

  • Hé ne mæg forbúgan ꝥ hé þæt ilce yfel ne geþafige óþrum monnum þe hé ǽr óþrum dyde,

    • Bt. 16, 2
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    • F. 54, 5
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  • Þá swylce micele leahtras synd forbogene

    (euitantur),

    • Scint. 231, 5
      • .
to fail to attend a meeting, fail to keep an appointment
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  • Hé forbéh þone ándagan,

    • Cht. Th. 206, 28
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  • Sé þe þás gemót forbúge þrywa,

    • Ll. Th. i. 268, 15
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  • Gif preóst sinoð forbúge,

    • ii. 296, 16.
to escape from, evade an obligation, neglect, not to obey a command
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  • Gif hwá riht forbúge and út hleápe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 260, 7
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  • Gif hé út hleápe, and ꝥ ordál forbúge,

    • 282, 2
      • :
    • 294, 16
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  • Gif preóst biscopes ágen geban forbúge,

    • ii. 290, 20.

  • Ne mihte hé forbúgan pæs cáseres hǽse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 80, 26
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to pass by, pass over, leave unnoticed:
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  • Forgéman, i. forbúgon

    praetergredi,

    • Kent, Gl. 685.

  • Tó forbúgenne, forgitenne (nec)

    praetereundum (arbitror . . . Benedictum),

    • An. Ox. 2558.
to pass by with disfavour, shun, eschew
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  • Ðǽra ungeleáffulra manna heortan God forbýhð and onscunað,

    • Hml. Th. i. 288, 9
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  • Se Hálga Gást ðá clǽnheortan lufað, and ðá mánfullan forbíhð,

    • ii. 580, 34.

  • Ídele býspellu forbúh,

    • Scint. 213, 5
      • .
with dat.
To avoid, not to follow:
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  • Sé gehealt his fulluht rihtlíce sé þe gehealt Godes beboda, and forbúhð deófles unlárum,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 330, 27
      • .
to furn aside:
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  • Ne se wrecenda brynæ wile forbúgan,

    • Dóm. L. 154
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forbow.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-búgan.” 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/45424.

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