Old English Dictionary Entry

For-tíhan

Part of speech: he -tíþ;

Definitions

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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

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛏᛁᚻᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)

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