† fornimv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To take away, do away with, destroy; also, to take up, appropriate by encroachment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)]
atbraidOE
benimOE
fornimOE
to reach upOE
reaveOE
bilacchea1325
to take away1372
stealc1374
privea1387
beneme1387
reach?a1400
deprivec1400
subduce1434
embezzle1469
pluckc1475
fortakea1500
raima1500
devest1538
rig1573
imbolish1592
exact1660
drain1673
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate
fornimOE
to put awaya1382
outroot?a1425
unroot?a1425
out-razec1425
to pluck up1484
avell1530
sweep1560
depopulate1576
ruina1586
assoil1596
to lay aside1596
untop1598
displant1603
float1606
to take off1619
amolish1624
uproota1639
eradicate1647
to lay by1681
to polish off1827
uprend1911
to zero out1951
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate > without right or usurp
fornimOE
crochec1380
presume1387
encroach?a1400
usurpc1400
wrestc1426
accroach?a1439
supplant1483
usurpa1513
usurpate1542
arrogate1573
to usurp on or upon1594
invade1617
OE Beowulf 1205 Hyne wyrd fornam.
c1000 Saxon Leechd. I. 118 Wið weartan, genim þas ylcan wyrte..hy beoð sona fornumene.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cviii. [cix.] 23 Als schadw, when heldes, for-nomen I am.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2228 Min two childre aren me for-numen.
c1350 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 359 Euerych tannere..shal, for þe stret þt he for-nemeþ, twey shullynges by þe ȝere.
c1430 Compleynt 56 in J. Lydgate Temple Glas (1891) App. 60 Ȝee..Han me for~nome tunge & speche.
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