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fóre-mǽre

  • adjective
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Grammar
fóre-mǽre, def. se fóre-mǽra; sup. -mǽrost, -mǽrest; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§572;
Fore-great, very honourable, illustrious, eminent, famous, celebrated; præclārus, illustris, excellens, fāmōsus, celeberrĭmus
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  • Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon ðe má wolde bión wrecca, and earm, and ælþiódig, and forsewen, ðonne wélig, and weorþ, and ríce, and fóremǽre on his ágnum earde

    I never saw nor heard of any wise man who would rather be an exile, and miserable, and foreign, and despised, than wealthy, and honourable, and powerful, and eminent in his own country,

    • Bt. 39, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 212, 17.

  • Is mín land nú fóremǽre, and me swýðe unbleó

    hærēdĭtas mea præclāra est mihi,

    • Ps. Th. 15, 6.

  • Hwǽr is nú se fóremǽra and se arǽda Rómwára heretoga

    where is now the illustrious and the prudent consul of the Romans?

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • Fox 70, 6.

  • Hæfde gefohten fóremǽrne blǽd Iudith

    Judith had gained illustrious honour,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 23, 15
      • ;
    • Jud. 122.

  • Fóremǽre Simon and Iudas symble wǽron Drihtne dýre

    the celebrated Simon and Jude were always dear to the Lord,

    • Menol. Fox 378
      • ;
    • Men. 190.

  • Hú he fóremǽrost seó

    how he may be most illustrious,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 122, 34: 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 64, 35.

  • Se wer se foremǽresta

    the most eminent man,

    • Bd. 5, 20
      • ;
    • S. 641, note 37.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fóre-mǽre.” 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/11335.

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