† forgnawv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To gnaw in pieces, eat up; literal and figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > biting > bite [verb (transitive)] > gnaw or chew to pieces
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c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 194 Gærstapan forgnogon swa hwæt swa se hagol belæfde.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 250 Godes god hwen ich hit do..min vuel hit for gneiȝed [read for gneiȝeð].
c1290 Altenglische Legenden (Horstmann) I. 161 Somme..hor wreche flesch uor gnowe.
c1325 Body & Soul 269 in Map's Poems 343 Wormes for-gnowen heor alre throte.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) ii. xlv. 24 Somme had feete al forgnawen.
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