For-pǽran
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-pǽran
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- for-pǽran
- p. de; pp. ed To turn away, pervert, ruin, destroy; pervertĕre, perdĕre :-- He ðæs óðres sáwle forpǽrþ þurh his yfelum tihtingum he perverts the other's soul by his evil instigations, Homl. Th. ii. 226, 31: 208, 20. Hie forpǽraþ ðæm edleáne mĕrĭtum pervertunt. Past. 39, 3; Hat. MS. 53 b, 8. Gif we us sylfe ne forpǽraþ if we do not destroy ourselves, Homl. Th. i. 216, 9: ii. 50, 5. Adam us forpǽrde þurh ánes æpples þigene Adam ruined us by the eating of an apple, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 32. Ðæt he ðone man forpǽre that he may destroy the man, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 20. for-pæran