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FÓR

  • preposition
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Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.
Wright's OE grammar
§559; §649;
Before, fore; ante, cŏram, in conspectu, præsente vel audiente ălĭquo, præ, priusquam.
Grammar
FÓR, dat
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  • Fór Gode and fór [fóre Cott.] mannum

    cōram Deo et hŏmĭnĭbus.

    • Bd. 5, 20
      • ;
    • S. 641, 37.

  • He for eaxlum gestód Deniga freán

    he stood before the shoulders of the lord of the Danes,

    • Beo. Th. 72256. 358.

  • Fór horde

    before the hoard,

    • Beo. Th. 5555
      • ;
    • B. 2781.

  • Ic hefde dreám micelne fír Meotode

    I had great joy before the Creator,

    • Cd. 214
      • ;
    • Th. 269, 34
      • ;
    • Sat. 83.

  • We for Dryhtene iu dreámas hefdon

    we formerly had joys before the Lord,

    • 214
      • ;
    • Th. 267, 26: Sat. 44.

  • He gehálgode fír heremægene wín of wætere and wendan hét

    he hallowed before the multitude wine from water and bade it change,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1172
      • ;
    • An. 586.

  • Geónge þúhton men fór his eágum

    they seemed young men before his eyes,

    • Cd. 111
      • ;
    • Th. 146, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 2429.

  • Wlytig heaw fór bearnum manna

    spĕciōsus forma præ filiis hŏmĭnum.

    • Ps. Spl. 44, 3.
Grammar
FÓR, acc
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  • Ne dear forþgán fór ðé

    I dare not come forth before thee,

    • Cd. 40
      • ;
    • Th. 54, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 871.

  • He his módor fór ealle menn geweorþode

    he esteemed his mother before all mankind,

    • Rood Kmbl. 184
      • ;
    • Kr. 93.

  • Fór ðæt folc

    cōram pŏpŭlo,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 8.
Etymology
[
Wyc. for- fore-, as for-goer a fore-goer
:
Plat, vor
:
O. Sax. for, far, fur, furi
:
Dut. voor
:
Ger. vor
:
M. H. Ger. vor, vore
:
O. H. Ger. fora, furi
:
Goth. faur, faura
:
Dan. for
:
Swed. för
:
Icel. fyrir
:
Lat. præ
:
Grk. πρό before
:
Sansk. pra- before.
.]
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v.  foor fóre.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FÓR.” 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/11166.

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