for-speca
- noun [ masculine ]
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Forspeca vel mundbora
advŏcātus, patrōnus, vel interpellātor,
- Ælfc. Gl. 106 ;
- Som. 78, 62 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 57, 42.
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Slaga sceal his forspecan on hand syllan, and se forspeca mágum
the slayer shall give pledge to his advocate, and the advocate to the kinsmen,
- L. Edm. S. 7 ;
- Th. i. 250, 14, 15, 16.
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Ðe hire forsprecan [-specan MS. B.] synd
who are her advocates,
- L. Edm. B. 1 ;
- Th. i. 254, 5.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-speca.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11724.
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