For-tíhan

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-tíhan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he -tíþ; Related words:

Definitions

1 for-tíhan

p. -táh, pl. -tigon; pp. -tigen To draw against or over, cover over with anything, darken, obscure; obdūcĕre :-- Mid gedwol-miste fortíþ mód covers over the mind with the mist of error, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 67; Met. 22, 34. DER. tíhan I. [Germ. vorziehen.] for-tihan

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛏᛁᚻᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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