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for-gán

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Wright's OE grammar
§649;
to forgo.
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to abstain from, not to use, go without, not to take
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  • Hé cuæð ðæt hit wǽre good ðæt mon foreóde flǽsc and wín

    bonum est non manducare carnem neque bibere uinum,

    • Past. 319, 4
      • .

  • Hé eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhefednysse foreóde,

    • Hml. Th. i. 180, 9
      • .

  • Wæs ǽlc þæs wordes ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hé land foreóde þonne hé þæne hád underfénge

    every one declared that he would sooner go without the land than take orders,

    • Cht. Th. 167, 33
      • .

  • Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð,

    • Ll. Th. i. 420, 25
      • .

  • On þám tíman þe hé flǽscmettas forgán sceal,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 100, 9
      • :
    • Wlfst. 286, 2
      • .

  • Hwæt him sié tó forgánne on liferádle, hwæt him sié tó healdanne ge on lǽcedomum ge on mete,

    • Lch. ii. 210, 13
      • .
to abstain from action, not to do
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  • Gémnise mettes and woedes forgáes fuglas

    sollicitudinem cibi uestisque carent anes,

    • Lk. p. 7, 15
      • .

  • Heó ðá scearpnesse dysiglicra sprǽca on hire ágenre tungan ná bebeáh ne ne foreóde

    linguae procacitatem atque stultiloquium non declinavit,

    • Gr. D. 340, 17
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  • Ðæt mon ðá lytlan forgá and ðá miclan dó,

    • Past. 439, 23
      • .

  • Man forgá þýfðe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 210, 3
      • .

  • Munecas þe woroldlica þing forgán sculon and wǽpna gefeoht

    monachi qui ad unum fidei opus, dimissa secularium rerum actione, se redigunt,

    • Ors. 6, 34
      • ;
    • S. 290, 1
      • .

  • Hwæt him sý tó dónne and hwæt tó forgánne,

    • Wlfst. 123, 15
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. fer-gán transire, praeterire.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-gán.” 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/45679.

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