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to promise or vow not to do, to renounce
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  • Bútan synne hé mæg gehíwian, gif hé hit ǽr ne forhét

    sine culpa ad conjugium veniunt si necdum meliora voverunt,

    • Past. 401, 35
    • .
  • Ne lyst mé náwiht ðára metta þe ic forhátan habbe

    ea quae statui non edere nihil me commovent,

    • Solil. H. 37, 4
    • .
to declare criminal, outlaw, proscribe
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  • (? cf. þú hine héte flýman,

    • Cht. Th. 173, 6
    • )
  • Se forhátena

    (the devil who tempted Eve)

    spræc,

    • Gen. 609
    • .
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N. E. D. forhight.
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