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fór-beran

  • verb [ strong ]
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fór-beran, fóre-beran; p. -bær; pp. -boren [fór, fóre before; beran to bear]
To fore-bear, to bear or carry before, to prefer; præferre
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  • Ðæt ic fórbær rúme regulas and réðe mód geongra monna

    that I preferred the lax rules and rough minds of young men,

    • Exon. 39 b
    • ;
    • Th. 131, 22
    • ;
    • Gú. 459.
  • Ðætte nǽnig bisceop hine óðrum fórbere

    ut nullus episcŏpōrum se præfĕrat altĕri,

    • Bd. 4, 5
    • ;
    • S. 573, 10.
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v.  fóre-beran.
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