For-hýnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-hýnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-hýnan

p. -hýnde; pp. -hýned, -hýnd [hýnan to humble, put down] To cast down, humble, oppress, waste; hŭmĭliāre, opprĭmĕre, vastāre :-- Ðone forhýndan and þearfan gerihtlǽcaþ hŭmĭlem et paupĕrem justĭfĭcāte, Ps. Lamb. 81, 3. Forhýned cast down, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 10. Wǽron Pene forhýnde the Carthaginians were cast down, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 95, 30. Mid ðam bryne Róme burh wæs swíðe forhýned the city Rome was brought very low by that burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 41. for-hynan,for-hyrdan

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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