For-scrífan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-scrífan

Dele II, and add: I. to condemn :-- Forscrifen (faer-scribaen, -scrifen) addictus (cf. addicit fordémet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 51; addicti, damnati, 77, 54), Txts. 37, 69. Ferscrifenum abdictis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 59. II. to blunt a weapon by a charm written on it (cf. Eggjar ek deyfi mínna andskota, bítað þeim vápn an velir, Hávamál 58) :-- Áwríteð hé on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstáfas, bill forscrífeð méces mǽrðo he (an evil spirit) writes on his weapon a number of deadly marks, baleful letters, he blunts the blade, dulls the glaive's glory, Sal. 162. for-scrifan