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to refuse something (gen.) to a person (dat.),
deny
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  • Hé þæs teóþan dǽles Gode forwyrneþ,

      Bl. H. 51, 5.

  • Hié him þára béna forwierndon,

      Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27.

  • Him ǽtes forwyrnan,

      Hml. S. 22, 137.

  • Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes,

      Ps. Th. 48, 11. (1 a) with gen. of thing only :--
    Welena forwyrned, frófre bedǽled, Dóm. L. 30, 27. (1 b) with dat. of person only
to refuse to give
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  • Hé heóld his ǽhta him tó weán, and forwyrnde (-on,

      MS.) þám Drihtnes þearfum ... ꝥ
to refuse admittance
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  • Hé slóg on þæs húses duru and heó him ne forwyrnde, ac heó hié ontýnde, Bl. H. 141, 31. (1 c) construction not given :-- Forweornde

    denegabam (gloriam ),

      An. Ox. 4796.
to refuse to do something (
clause)
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  • Hé forwirnð (

    recusat

    ) ðæt hé his helpe,
      Past. 377, 19.
to restrain a person (dat.) from something (gen.),
prevent, prohibit
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  • Se assa geseah ðone engel ... him ðæs færeltes forwiernan

    prohibitione immorata asina angelum videt,

      Past. 255, 25.

  • Ðá ðe welena wilníað, and mid sumum wiðerweardum brocum hiora him bið færwirned,

      387, 8.

  • Him wæs forwyrned ðæs inganges,

      Hex. 26, 17.

  • Seó wrǽnnes bið ǽlcum men gecynde, and hwílum ðeáh hire biþ forwerned hire gecyndes ðurh þæs monnes willan

    gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit, interdum coercet voluntas, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 13. (3 a) to hinder, prevent a person (acc.) :-- Búton hine þǽra þinga hwylc forwyrne, Wlfst. 285, 14. (3 b) to prevent something (clause) :-- Hé wile forwyrnan (-weornan, v. l.) ꝥ hit ne gewyrþe he will prevent its happening, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 12. (3 c) construction not given :-- Forwyrnende conpescens, i. uetitans,

      An. Ox. 1782.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-wiernan.” 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/46153.

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