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"text": "forstandan",
"type": "example"
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"english": "to throw away, cast away, reject",
"text": "forweorpan",
"type": "example"
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"english": "to steal away, deprive",
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"english": "to mislead; seduce",
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"text": "forblāwan",
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"english": "to break up, break into pieces",
"text": "forbrecan",
"type": "example"
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"english": "to stop up, block, occlude",
"text": "forstoppian",
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"english": "decayed, decrepit",
"text": "forworen",
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