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  • Ic forsace

    detracto,

    ne forsace ic

    non detracto,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 1, 2
      • .

  • Forsooc

    detractavit,

    • 106, 15
      • .

  • Forsóc,

    • 25, 24
      • .
to refuse to receive what is offered
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  • Hé forsóc þá feáwa axan (cf. ꝥ hé underfénge þá gerýnu,

    • 46
      • ),
    • Hml. S. 12, 58
      • .

  • Mid árwurðnysse underfón þone þe hí ǽr forsócon,

    • 26, 189.
to decline to bear:
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  • Se lǽce wile dæt se untruma his lǽceseax gefréde ǽr hé hit geseó, for ðǽm hé wénð, gif hé hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hé hit wille forsacan

    ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam cerneret, ne, si ante cerneret, sentire recusaret,

    • Past. 187, 11
      • .
to refuse to do what one is called upon to do
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  • Hé hine ful oft ǽr tó him cleopað, and hé forsæcð ðæt hé him tó cume

    quos prius diutius renuentes vocavit,

    • Past. 247, 19
      • .

  • Ðá ðá Landfranc crafede fæstnunge his gehérsumnesse, þá forsóc hé and sǽde ꝥ hé hit náhte tó dónne,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • P. 206, 1
      • .
to refuse to give what is due:
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  • Forsæcð hé ðone wæstm his gástes

    ferre fructum spiritus recusat,

    • Past. 344, 13
      • .
to refuse allegiance to, renounce, abandon, forsake
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  • Hé deófol and his gemánan ealne forsæcð and him mid ealle fram býhð and Críst gecýst,

    • Wlfst. 33, 8.

  • Man geceás Harald tó cinge and forsóc Harðacnut,

    • Chr. 1037
      • ;
    • P. 160, 13
      • .

  • Þá butsecarlas hine forsócan,

    • 1066
      • ;
    • P. 197, 8
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forsake.
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. far-sakan
:
O. H. Ger. fer-sahhan (ab-, de-) negare, (ab-) renuntiare.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-sacan.” 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/45890.

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