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fóre-genga

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fóre-genga, an; m.
a fore-goer, fore-runner, predecessor; prædecessor
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  • Ðætte swá æðele fóregenga swylcne yrfeweard hæfde

    that so noble a predecessor should have such an heir,

    • Bd. 3, 6
      • ;
    • S. 528, 33: 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 12: 4, 30
      • ;
    • S. 609, 6.

  • Laurentius bii his fóregengan bebyrged wæs

    Laurence was buried beside his predecessor,

    • Bd. 2, 7
      • ;
    • S. 509, 6.

  • Ða fóregengan, yldran usse

    those ancestors, our parents,

    • Exon. 62 a
      • ;
    • Th. 228, 13
      • ;
    • Ph. 437.

  • On hiora fóregengena dagum

    in diēbus antīquis,

    • Ps. Th. 43, 2.
      • ,
a fore-runner; prodrŏmus = πρόδρομος
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  • Hæfde fóregenga fýrene loccas

    their fore-runner had fiery locks,

    • Cd. 148
      • ;
    • Th. 185, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 120.

  • Ðone fóregengan Fæder ælmihtig gesette

    the almighty Father had placed that fore-runner,

    • Exon. 40 b
      • ;
    • Th. 134, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 504.
Etymology
[
Dut voor-ganger
:
Ger. vor-gänger a predecessor.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fóre-genga.” 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/11324.

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