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to despise, hold in contempt a person or thing
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  • Hé forsiehð (-sihð, v. l.) ðá ðe him underðiódde beóð

    subjectos despicit,

    • Past. 111, 13
      • :
    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • F. 68, 32
      • .

  • Forsiohð,

    • Kent. Gl. 490:
    • 1090
      • .

  • Forsioð,

    • 529
      • :
    • 541
      • .

  • Forseó ðysse worulde wlence, gif ðú wille beón welig on ðinum móde

    thou shalt despise this world's pride, if thou wilt be rich in thy mind,

    • Prov. K. 50
      • .

  • Gif ðæt mód ǽr ne forsáwe ðá écan edleán,

    • Past. 435, 3
      • .

  • Forseónde

    spernendo,

    • R. Ben. I. 61, 11
      • .

  • Hé ne mæg geþyldgian ðæt hé for ðisse worlde sié forsewen (fore-, v. l.),

    • Past. 216, 7.

  • Forsáwen (-saw-?),

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • P. 120, 18 note
      • .

  • Hé sǽde ꝥ se abbot him heafde forsegon

    he said that the abbot had treated him with contempt,

    • 1066
      • ;
    • P. 199, 7
      • .
to reject with scorn.
to reject what is offered
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  • Hér bræc se here þone frið, and forsáwon ǽlc frið þe Eádweard and his witan him budon,

    • Chr. 911
      • ;
    • P. 96, 4
      • .

  • Iugelera orþancscytæs forsáwe

    magorum molimina ammitteret (i. respueret ),

    • An. Ox. 4091
      • .
to reject a state or condition
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  • Forsíþ

    contemsit (matrimonii commercia),

    • An. Ox. 1399
      • .

  • Hé wilnode synderlices ealdordómes, and forsieh (-seah, v. l.) ðá geférrǽddene óðerra engla and hira líf,

    • Past. 111, 23
      • .

  • Forsægenum (-sewenum, v. l.) þám onginnum þára bóccræfta

    despectis litterarum studiis,

    • Gr. D. 95, 25
      • .
to refuse to do.
with acc.
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  • Hí sceoldon þone lofsang singan, and sé þe hit forsáwe, sceolde hit gebétan,

    • Hml. S. 21, 161
      • .
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  • Ðeáh hé forsió ðæt hé him on lócige,

      Past. 111, 20.
with dat. infin.
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  • Sume fæston swá ꝥ hí forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg,

    • Hml. S. 13, 96
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. fer-sehan despicere, spernere.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-seón.” 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/45934.

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