forsettan I. _to hedge in, obstruct_, _BH_. [‘_forset_’] II. = foresettan
forsewen pp. of forsēon. [[from first edition]]
forsewenlic _despicable, ignominious, wretched, of poor appearance_. adv. -līce, Æ.
forsewestre (æ^2) f. _female despiser_, OEG 4430.
forsittan^5 _to neglect, delay_, _LL_: _block, obstruct, besiege_, AO: _injure_: _absent oneself (from)_. [‘_forsit_’]
for-slǣwan, -slāwian _to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off_, _Bo_; CP. [‘_forslow_’]
forslēan^6 _to cut through, strike, break, kill, destroy_, AO.
forslegenlic _mean, ignominious_ (= forleg- ?).
forsliet m. _slaughter_, WW 28^18. [slieht]
forslītan _to consume, devour_, #PPs# 77^46.
forsmorian _to smother, suffocate, choke, stifle_, Æ.
forsōð _indeed, verily_, _Bo_. [‘_forsooth_’]
forspanan^6 _to mislead, lead astray, seduce, entice_, _Æ_; CP. [‘_forspan_’]
forspendan _to spend, give out, squander, consume_, _AO_. [‘_forspend_’]
forspenn-ende, -endlic _seductive, voluptuous, defiling_, OEG.
forspennestre f. _procuress_, #ÆGr# 36^12.
forspenning f. _enticement, seduction, evil attraction_, Æ.
for-spildan (CP) -spillan (_AO_) _to waste, lose, disperse, bring to nothing, destroy, ruin, kill_. [‘_forspill_’]
forspillednes f. _waste, destruction, perdition_, Æ.
forst (frost) m. ‘_frost_,’ _Ph, Rd_. [frēosan]
forstæppan = forestæppan [[under “foresteppan”]]
forstandan^2 _to defend, help, protect_, _LL_: _withstand, prevent, hinder, resist, oppose_, _Met_: _benefit, avail_, CP: _understand_, _Bo_; CP: _signify, be equal to_, EC, LL. [‘_forstand_’]
forstelan^4 _to steal away, steal, rob, deprive_, _MtR, LL_; Æ. [‘_forsteal_’]
forstoppian _to stop up, close_, #Lcd# 15b.
forstrogdnes f. ‘_precipitatio_,’ NC 289.
forstyntan _to blunt, break, crush_, WW 375^5.
forsūcan^2, forsūgan^2 _to suck out, empty_.
for-sugian (Æ, AO), -suwian (Æ) = for-swigian
forswǣlan _to burn, burn up, inflame, consume_, _Æ_. [‘_forsweal_’]
forswāpan^7 † _to sweep away, drive off_.
forswelgan^3 _to swallow up, devour, consume, absorb_, _B_; Æ, CP. [‘_forswallow_’]
forsweorfan^3 _to polish, cleanse_: _grind away, demolish_.
forsweotole _very clearly_, ES 18·333; 43·162.
forswerian^6 (refl. and intr.) _to swear falsely_, _Æ, LL_: _renounce on oath_, _B_. [‘_forswear_’]