For-gytan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-gytan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic -gyte, ðú -gytest, -gytst, he -gyteþ, -gyt, Related words:

Definitions

1 for-gytan

pl. -gytaþ; impert. -gyt, pl. -gytaþ; subj. -gyte, pl. -gytan; pp. -gyten To forget; oblīvisci :-- Nylle ðú forgytan ealle edleánunga oððe edleán his nōli oblīvisci omnes retrĭbūtiōnes ejus, Ps. Lamb. 102, 2: Ps. Th. 118, 93: Ps. Lamb. 118, 16, 83, 93: 136, 5: Ps. Th. 43, 25: Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751: Ps. Lamb. 76, 10: 43, 21: 49, 22: 73, 19, 23: Ps. Th. 136, 5: Ps. Lamb. 77, 7: 58, 12. The other forms as in for-gitan. for-gytan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚷᚣᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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