For-sýgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-sýgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: for-swígian. for-sygian

Definitions

1 for-sýgian

p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed To pass over in silence, conceal; sĭlentio prætĕrire :-- Hú wéne we hú monegra máran bismra hý forsýgedon can we think how many greater reproaches they concealed? Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 27.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᚣᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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