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forhtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
forhtian, frohtian.
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intrans.
To fear
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  • Forhtode

    obstipuit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 9.
  • Ne wallas gé forhtiga (frohtiga, L.)

    nolite expauescere,

    • Mk. R. 16, 6
    • .
  • Ðæt wíf ondrǽdende and forhtigende

    mulier timens et tremens,

    • Mk. 5, 33
    • .
  • Swíðe forhtigende þæt hí his fandian dorston

    in great fear because they had dared to try him,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 168, 19
    • .
  • Frohtende

    timens,

    • Mt. R. 25, 25:

    metuens,

    • Mk. p. 2, 11
    • .
  • Ondo frohtendes

    (pauescentis)

    Petres,

    • Lk. p. 4, 18
    • .
  • Forhtigendum

    formidilosis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 53
    • .
  • Forohtandum ðegnum

    pauentibus discipulis,

    • Jn. p. 4, 16.
with the occasion of fear given with a preposition:
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  • Ic ne forhtige for ðínum gebeóte,

    • Hml. S. 14, 101
    • .
  • Þæt hé forhtige for synnum,

    • Wlfst. 179, 15
    • .
  • Þý lǽs wé . . . lǽs tó Godes dóme forhtigen and ús ondrǽden

    ne forhte nos . . . minus Dei judicium formidantes,

    • Bd. 4, 25
    • ;
    • Sch. 503, 17
    • .
trans.
with acc.
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  • Egislice orleahtras forhtude

    horrida discrimina expauit (i. formidavit),

    • An. Ox. 1869
    • .
  • Forhtige

    horrescas (voluntatem parentum)

    • 3406.
  • Fortiende

    obstupesces (prodigia),

    • 4800.
  • Þý lǽs wá . . . lǽs Godes dóm forhtige,

    • Bd. 4, 25
    • ;
    • Sch. 503, 18
    • .
  • Þone forhti[g]endan

    (tremendum)

    dóm,

    • 1, 27
    • ;
    • Sch. 71, 5
    • :
    • Wlfst. 239, 6
    • .
with gen.
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  • Ꝥ þú mé ne genýde tó áreccenne míne gescyndnysse; God wát ꝥ ic heora forhtige,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 361
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. forhtón.
Cf.
Goth. faurhtjan
:
O. Sax. forhtian
:
O. H. Ger. forhten to fear.
]
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v. be-forhtian; un*-*forhtigende.
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