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fore-þanc

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Wright's OE grammar
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consideration of the future
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  • Forþances gleáw,

    • Hpt. 33, 71, 1
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  • Of embehýdigum foreþance

    sollerti prescientia,

    • An. Ox. 7, 355
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    • 8, 344
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  • Ðonne ðá hátheortan hié mid náne foreðonce nyllað gestillan

    cum iracundi nulla consideratione se mitigant,

    • Past. 297, 3
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  • Ðone foreðonc his gesceádwísnesse forlǽtan

    intentionem providam non tenere,

    • 431, 36
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  • Hé ne meahte mód oncyrran, fǽmnan foreþonc,

    • Jul. 227
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  • Hé næfð nǽnne forðanc be his deáðe,

    • Ps. Th. 48, 8
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what is thought beforehand, a preconceived idea
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  • On þone foreþonc . . . þý þe hý

    (the apostate angels)

    him sylfum séllan þúhton þonne

    • Críst, Hy. 4, 53.
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