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for-specan;
p.
-spæc,
pl.
-sp
con;
pp.
-specen
[for-,
specan,
sprecan
to
speak]
To
speak
in
vain,
speak
negatively,
deny;
frustra
d
c
re,
ng
re
:--
Hæbbe
he
ðæt
eall
forspecen
let
him
have
spoken
that
all
in
vain,
L.
C.
S.
27;
Th.
i.
392,
6.
Ne
sý
forspecen
ne
forswígod
let
it
not
be
denied
nor
concealed,
L.
Ath.
v.
§
8,
9;
Th.
i.
238,
15.
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wiþer-tihtle,
an;
f.
A
counter-charge,
cross-action
:--
Gif
énig
yfelra
manna
wre
ðe
wolde
óðres
yrfe
tó
borge
settan
for
wiðertihtlan,
ðæt
hé
gecýðe
mid
áðe,
ðæt
hé
hit
for
nánum
fácne
ne
dyde,
L.
Ed.
1;
Th.
i.
160,
5,
and
see
note.
Se
ðe
on
gemóte
mid
wiðertihtlan
hine
sylfne
oþþe
his
man
werige,
hæbbe
ðæt
eall
forspecen,
and
geandwyrde
ðam
óðrum
swá
hundrede
riht
þynce,
L.
C.
S.
27;
Th.
i.
392,
5.
Cf.
Si
quis
in
placito
per
justiciam
posito
sui
vel
suorum
causam
injustis
conterminacionibus
(v.
l.
concriminationibus)
vel
contraposicionibus
difforciet,
hanc
perdat,
et
de
cetero
rectum
faciat,
sicut
hundreto
vel
judicibus
videbitur
ydoneum,
L.
H.
I.
34,
5;
Th.
i.
537,
6-10.
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for-sp[r]ecan;
p.
-sp[r]æc,
pl.
-sp[r]con;
pp.
-sp[r]ecen.
I.
to
speak
against,
speak
ill
of,
denounce
:--
Forsprecað
hí
foran
tó
ðisum
folce,
þæt
'swá
hraðe
swá
hí
becumað
tó
ðyssere
byrig,
gehseftað
hí,'
Hml.
Th.
ii.
494,
10.
[Fra
steven
of
forspekand
a
voce
obloquentis,
Ps.
43,
17.]
II.
to
misrepresent
a
case,
state
wrongly
:--
Ne
sý
forspecen
ne
forswigod
...
wé
þrtó
lustlice
fón
do
not
let
the
fact
be
stated
wrongly
or
passed
over
in
silence,
...
that
we
gladly
accept
it,
Ll.
Th.
i.
238,
15.
III.
to
lose
that
which
is
the
subject
of
a
suit
:--
Cnut
cyng
lét
ðæt
land
intó
Crístes
cyrcean
...
tó
ðám
forewearde
ðæt
Eádsige
hit
hæbbe
his
lífes
tíman
...
and
hé
hit
ne
mæg
náðer
gifan
ne
syllan,
ne
forspecan
ne
forspillan
(lose
it
by
a
suit
at
law
or
by
forfeiture;
cf.
nec
cogi
debet
rectum
ejus
forspeken
nec
forspillen
(cf.
perdere
vel
forisfacere
placitum,
561,
24),
Ll.
Th.
i.
562,
1)
út
of
ðám
hálgan
minstre,
C.
D.
vi.
190,
17.
v.
for-spillan;
III.
IV.
to
speak
to
no
purpose,
waste
one's
words,
v.
for-specan
in
Dict.
[O.
H.
Ger.
fer-sprehhan
repudiare,
abnuere,
renuntiare.]
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