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for-seóþan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-seóþan, pp. -soden
To boil away; fig. to consume by affliction.
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  • (the Innocents)

    sind gehátene martyra blóstman, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swá swá úpáspringende blóstman on middeweardan cyle ungeleáffulnysse swilce mid sumere éhtnysse forste forsodene,

    • Hml. Th. i. 84, 15
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forseethe.
O. H. Ger. fer-sotan discoctus
:
Ger. ver-sieden to boil away.
]
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Cf. seóþan; II, 2
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