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Wright's OE grammar
§108; §557;
Take here furþan in Dict., and add:
even, intimating that the sentence in which it occurs expresses an extreme case of a more general proposition implied, and generally prefixed to the particular word, phrase, or clause, on which the extreme character of the statement or supposition depends.
attached
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  • Ge furðon þá sprǽcon þæt ylce þe ic betst trúwode,

      Ps. Th. 40, 9.

  • Ge furþum seó stów þe . . . þú cwist ꝥ þín wræcstów sý, heó is þám monnum éþel þe . . .,

      Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 26.

  • Ge furþum manna líchaman forealdiað, Solil. H. 10, 7. (a α) in negative sentences :-- Ne wearð furðon án tó láfe

    non remansit ne una quidem,

      Ex. 10, 19.

  • Þæt furðon nán tácen . . . næs gesewen,

      Hml. Th. i. 62, 16.

  • Nó ꝥ án ꝥ hí magon geféran beón, ac . . . ꝥ heora furþum nán búton óþrum beón ne mæg,

      Bt. 21; F. 74, 18.

  • And furþon litlincgas nellaþ forbígean me

    et nec parvuli nolunt praeterire me,

      Coll. M. 29, 1.

  • Hit furðum cépemen ne gefaraþ,

      Bt. 18, 2; F. 62, 36.

  • Ne án furðum ealra wǽre

    non est usque ad unum,

      Ps. Th. 52, 2, 4.

  • Nǽnig forðum wæs þæt hé eft síðade hyhta leás,

      Gú. 895.
to the object
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  • Feáwa . . . cúðen . . . furðum án ǽrendgewrit of Lædene on Englisc áreccean,

      Past. 3, 15.

  • Ꝥ wé furþum (-on, v. l.) ꝥ eáland gesecean mihton

    si vel ipsam insulam repetere possemus,

      Bd. 5, 1; Sch. 552, 5.

  • Bió ðé uníðe tó clipianne, ge furðum ðína ágna sprǽca

    loquere in causa tua vix,

      Past. 385, 11.

  • Hé hét ofsleán ealle þá witan, ge furþon his ágene móder, and his ágene bróðer; ge furðon his ágen wíf hé ofslóg mid sweorde,

      Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 6-8.

  • Ge furðum ðára scylda ðe openlíce beóð gesewena . . . hié beládian,

      Past. 241, 1.

  • Hwár mæg ic wísran findan, oððe furðon þínne gelícan numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?, Gen. 41, 39. (b α) the object a clause :-- Ge furþon, ꝥ wyrse wæs, wé geheórdon ꝥ sum sunu ofslóg his fæder, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 14. (b β) in negative sentences :-- Ne furþon án þyrl . . . þú ne miht dón

    nec saltem unum foramen . . . vales facere,

      Coll. M. 31, 17: 29, 13: Gen. 14, 23.

  • Ic furðum ánne ánlépne ne mæg geðencean,

      Past. 3, 17.

  • Ðá óðre ne begáð furðum hira ǽgne endebyrdnesse,

      409, 31: 403, 27: Bt. 15; F. 48, 16.

  • Hé furðon orsorh ne brícð his genihtsumnysse

    even his abundance he does not enjoy without anxiety,

      Hml. Th. i. 64, 34.

  • Þæs þe ic furðum ǽr ǽfre ǽngum ne wolde monna melda weorðan,

      Gú. 1201.
to a word, phrase or clause expressing time, manner, place, &c.
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  • Þæt ic lufige ge furðum on þeófum (þeawum, MS.)

    quas amo etiam in latronibus, Solil. H. 16, 14. (c α) in negative sentences :-- Hé furðum on ðám broce (etiam in tribulatione positus )

    nyle álǽtan his geornfulnesse,
      Past. 269, 10.

  • Suá unryht suá wé furðum betwuxn hæðnum monnum ne hiérdon,

      211, 8.

  • Ne lufige ic nánwiht . . . ofer þæt, ne furðum þám gelíce,

      Solil. H. 25, 18.
to a hypothetical clause
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  • Gif ic ǽnig unriht wið hí gedón hæbbe, oððe furðum him gulde yfel wið yfle,

      Ps. Th. 7, 4.

  • Hwæþer hit furþon sóð sý oððe hwæðer mé on swefne mǽte,

      Hml. S. 23, 522.
to the predicate to emphasize the full extent of the statement
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  • Wé nyton furðon git hwæt seó offrung beón sceal

    praesertim cum ignoremus quid debeat immolari,

      Ex. 10, 26: Solil. H. 15, 17.

  • Wé his furðum ne gefrédað,

      Past. 139, 20: 241, 22.

  • Wé nóhwæðer ne hit witan nyllað, ne hit bétan nyllað, ne furðum ne récað hwæðer wé hit ongieten,

      195, 6: Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 74: Solil. H. 66, 14: Met. 8, 32.

  • Hí þæt tówearde líf ne sóhton, ne ꝥ furþum gelýfdon ꝥ hit ó wǽre

    uitam futuram non quaerentes, siue etiam non esse credentes,

      Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 13.

  • And gé furðon ne gelýfdon Drihtne

    et nec sic quidem credidistis Domino,

      Deut. 1, 32.

  • Hí nǽron furðan wyrðe ꝥ . . .,

      Hml. S. 23, 367: Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 9.
just, of time.
of an exact point of time
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  • Þonne dæg and niht furþum scade,

      Lch. ii. 346, 13.

  • Þá sunne úp furðum eóde,

      Gen. 2539.
where actions are contemporaneous
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  • Ðá hé furþum on ꝥ leóht cóm, ðá beseah hé hine underbæc

    just as he reached the light he looked back,

      Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 14.

  • Hringíren song . . . þá hié tó sele furðum gangan cwómon

    the armour clanged directly they started for the hall,

      B. 323.

  • Swá hé furðum oncneów . . . hé heora béne gehýrde,

      Ps. Th. 105, 33: 138, 11.
where one action takes place soon after another
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  • Nim gáte meoluc þonne hió furþum ámolcen sié,

      Lch. ii. 188, 12.

  • Ísen þonne hit furþum sié of fýre átogen,

      256, 15.

  • Ðonne hit furðum ryht andgiet underfangen hæfð

    jam aliquid de veritatis intellectu conceperat,

      Past. 367, 16, 20.

  • Swá wit furðum sprǽcon

    as we were just saying,

      B. 1707.

  • Ic þǽr furðum cwóm . . . sóna mé . . . hé wið his sylfes sunu setl getǽhte

    I had only just come, when he placed me by his own son,

    2009.

  • Ic furðum weóld folce

    I had just come to the throne,

      465; Gen. 875.

  • Ðá cyld þonne hí furþum gán magon . . . wilniaþ sumes weorþscipes,

      Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “furþum.” 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/46666.

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