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fóre-spræc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fóre-spræc, fóre-spæc, e; f. [fóre- fore-, spræc a speech]
A fore-speech, preface, introduction, a speaking before for another, a fore-promise; præfātio, præ-sponsio
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  • Ðis is seó fórespræc hú S. Gregorius ðas bóc gedihte, ðe man Pastoralem nemnaþ

    this is the preface how St. Gregory made this book which people call Pastoral,

    • Past. pref
    • ;
    • Cot.
  • MS. Beóþ ða ungewittigan cild gehealdene on ðam fulluhte þurh fórespræce ðæs godfæder

    unknowing children are saved in baptism by the fore-promise of the godfather,

    • Bd. Whelc. 180, 44.
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v.  fóre-spæc for-spǽc.
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  • fóre-spræc, n.