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fóre-seón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
fóre-seón, to -seónne; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; pp. -sewen
To see before, FORESEE, provide; prævĭdēre, provĭdēre
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  • Swylce eác be heora andlyfene is to þenceanne and to fóreseónne

    de eōrum quŏque stĭpendio cŏgĭtandum atque provĭdendum est,

    • Bd. 1. 27
    • ;
    • S. 489, 21.
  • Ðú ealle míne wegas wel fóresáwe

    omnes vias meas prævīdisti,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 2.
  • He fóreseah Godes cyricum and mynstrum micle frécnesse towearde

    he foresaw much peril awaiting God's churches and monasteries,

    • Bd. 3, 19
    • ;
    • S. 549, 46: 3, 15
    • ;
    • S. 542, 4.
  • Ðæt he him on his biscopscíre gerisene stówe fóresǽge and sealde, on ðære ðe he mid his geferum wunian mihte

    ut in diœcēsi sua provĭdēret et dăret ei lŏcum, in quo cum suis apte dēgĕre pŏtuisset,

    • 4, 1
    • ;
    • S. 565, 8.
Etymology
[
Ger. vor-sehen to foresee, provide.
]
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