For-wernan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-wernan
p. de; pp. ed To refuse; recūsāre :-- Se arcebisceop him ánrǽdlíce forwernde the archbishop constantly refused him, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 24. Hí forwerndon heom ǽgðer ge upganges ge wæteres they refused them both landing and water, 1046; Erl. 171, 5.

Related words: for-wyrnan. for-wernan

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