For-smorian

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-smorian
p. ode; pp. od; suffōcāre :-- Hí synd mid heora lífes lustum forsmorode ... woruldcara and wélan forsmoriaþ ðæs modes þrotan they are choked with the pleasures of their life ... worldly cares and riches choke the throat of the mind, Homl. Th. ii. 92, 8-11. On úrum gástlícum fulluhte biþ se deófol forsmorod fram us in our spiritual baptism the devil is stifled by us, ii. 200, 19. for-smorian

Related words: trans. To smother, choke, suffocate, stifle;

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