Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Forud

Back to Letter F
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 forud

part. Broken, fractured, worn out, decayed; fractus, contrītus :-- Se foruda fót and sió forude bond the fractured foot and the fractured hand, Past. ii. 2; Cot. MS. On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands on these three pillars, and if one is decayed, it soon falls down, Ælfc. T. 41, 6.
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᚢᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
View All Sources