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fóre-wesan

  • verb
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fóre-wesan, p. ic, he -wæs, ðú -wǽre, pl. -wǽron [fóre before, wesan to be]
To be before, to preside; præesse
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  • Ðyssum tídum fórewæs Norþan Hymbra ríce se strangesta cyning

    his tempŏrĭbus regno Nordanhymbrōrum præfuit rex fortissĭmus,

    • Bd. 1, 34
    • ;
    • S. 499, 18: 5, 18
    • ;
    • S. 635, 35.
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v. wesan to be.
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v.  fóre-eom.
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