Forad

Old English Dictionary Entry

Forad

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 7; Th. i. 228, 1. v. forod. forad

Definitions

1 forad

part. adj. Broken, weakened, void; fractus, lăbĕfactus:-- Gif se earm biþ forad bufan elmbogan if. the orm be broken above the elbow, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24: 62, 63; Th. i. 96, 14, 17. Gif ða earmscancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, 55; Th. i. 94, 26. Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: i

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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