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fore-weard

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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fore-weard, e; f.
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  • Se cyng þǽre forewarde gyrnde þe him beháten wæs,

    • Chr. 1093
    • ;
    • P. 227, 31
    • .
  • Bútan se cyng gelǽstan wolde eall þet hí on forewarde hæfdon ǽr gewroht,

    • 1094
    • ;
    • P. 228, 34
    • .
  • Hér swutelað on ðysan gewrite ðá foreward ðe Godwine worhte wið Byrhtríc,

    • C. D. iv. 10, 16
    • .
  • Twégra manna dæg ealswá ðá foreward spreocað,

    • iii. 333, 25.
  • Hú man mǽden weddian sceal and hwylce forewarde þǽr ághon tó beónne,

    • Ll. Th. i. 254, 23
    • .
  • Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron,

    • Chr. 1093
    • ;
    • P. 228, 2
    • .
  • [Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde,

    • 1103
    • ;
    • P. 238, 24
    • .
  • Tó ꝥ forewearde ꝥ æfter his dæi scolde ꝥ land in tó þe minstre,

    • 852
    • ;
    • P. 65, 22.
    • ]
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. foreward.
]
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v. fore-word.
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v.  on-foreweardan fór-weard.
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  • fore-weard, n.