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for-screncan

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  • Iacób is gecweden forscrencend, and sé bið unleás forscrencend þe mid gleáwnysse his flǽsclican leahtras and deófles tihtinge forscrencð,

    • Hml. Th. i. 586, 24
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  • Wígstealla forscre[n]cen[n]e

    (ad) propugnacula subruenda,

    • An. Ox. 865.
to cause to shrink up:
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  • Mid forscrencedre (-screcendre, MS.)

    arida (manu),

    • An. Ox. 4926
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[
O. H. Ger. fer-screncen impedire.
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  • for-screncan,