Forþian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - forþian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- forþian
- Add: I. to send forth or out, dispatch :-- Mann sceolde forðian út to Sandwíc scipu, Chr. 1052; P. 177, 8. II. to forward, promote the well-being of. Cf. forþ-dǽd :-- He friðige and forðige ǽlce tilðe, Angl. ix. 259, 14. Yrðe georne forðian, 261, 21. Þá menn gehabban and gehealdan þe ic forðian sceal, Solil. H. 35, 18. III. to carry out, accomplish, perform :-- Ealle Godes gerihto forðige man georne, Ll. Th. i. 168, 25. Forðige hé ofer ꝥ geár ealle gerihtu ðe him tó gebyrigean, 434, 25. Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105. [N. E. D. forth; vb.] forþian