For-molsnian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-molsnian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-molsnian
p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [molsnian to corrupt] To putrefy, corrupt, make rotten, decay; putrefăcĕre, tabefăcĕre, macĕrāre :-- To duste formolsnod decayed to dust, Wanl. Catal. 20, 4; Homl. Th. i. 218, 25. Se ylca God, ðé ealle þing of náhte geworhte, mæg arǽran ða formolsnedan líchaman of ðam duste the same God, that wrought all things from naught, can raise up the decayed corpses from the dust, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 6. for-molsnian
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