"for-" meaning in Old English

See for- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /for/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *fra-. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian for-, Old Saxon far-, for-, Dutch ver-, Old High German fir-, far- (German ver-), and, outside Germanic, with Ancient Greek περί (perí), Latin per-, Old Church Slavonic пре- (pre-) (Russian пе́ре- (pére-)). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fra-}} Proto-West Germanic *fra-, {{cog|ofs|for-}} Old Frisian for-, {{cog|osx|far-}} Old Saxon far-, {{cog|nl|ver-}} Dutch ver-, {{cog|goh|fir-}} Old High German fir-, {{cog|de|ver-}} German ver-, {{cog|grc|περί}} Ancient Greek περί (perí), {{cog|la|per-}} Latin per-, {{cog|cu|пре-}} Old Church Slavonic пре- (pre-), {{cog|ru|пе́ре-}} Russian пе́ре- (pére-) Head templates: {{head|ang|prefix|head=|sort=}} for-, {{ang-prefix}} for-
  1. wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction (verbal prefix) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-for--ang-prefix-5NGG3xUb
  2. used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully; compare Modern English use of up Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-for--ang-prefix-H7rIUPOw Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 2 4 2 11 5 4 5 1 1 1 1 19 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 2 5 16 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 5 1 13 6 5 5 1 1 1 1 21 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 6 17 0 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 0
  3. very Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-for--ang-prefix-TGpIOfg9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fer-, fær-, fier-
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      "expansion": "German ver-",
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          "english": "to do wrong, sin",
          "text": "forwyrcan",
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          "english": "to defend, protect, stand for",
          "text": "forstandan",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "to throw away, cast away, reject",
          "text": "forweorpan",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to steal away, deprive",
          "text": "forstelan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to condemn",
          "text": "fordēman",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "to mislead; seduce",
          "text": "forlǣdan",
          "type": "example"
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          "away",
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        [
          "from",
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        ],
        [
          "astray",
          "astray"
        ],
        [
          "abstention",
          "abstention"
        ],
        [
          "prohibition",
          "prohibition"
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          "perversion",
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          "destruction",
          "destruction"
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          "english": "to blow up, inflate",
          "text": "forblāwan",
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          "english": "to break up, break into pieces",
          "text": "forbrecan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to stop up, block, occlude",
          "text": "forstoppian",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "decayed, decrepit",
          "text": "forworen",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        {
          "english": "very little",
          "text": "forlȳtel",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "ipa": "/for/"
    }
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fier-"
    }
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "de",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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        {
          "english": "to do wrong, sin",
          "text": "forwyrcan",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to defend, protect, stand for",
          "text": "forstandan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to throw away, cast away, reject",
          "text": "forweorpan",
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        {
          "english": "to steal away, deprive",
          "text": "forstelan",
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        {
          "english": "to condemn",
          "text": "fordēman",
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          "english": "to mislead; seduce",
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          "away",
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          "from",
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          "astray",
          "astray"
        ],
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          "abstention",
          "abstention"
        ],
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          "prohibition",
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          "perversion",
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          "text": "forblāwan",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to break up, break into pieces",
          "text": "forbrecan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to stop up, block, occlude",
          "text": "forstoppian",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "decayed, decrepit",
          "text": "forworen",
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          "very",
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    {
      "ipa": "/for/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "fer-"
    },
    {
      "word": "fær-"
    },
    {
      "word": "fier-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for-"
}

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