fore-spreca
- noun [ masculine ]
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Ðæt he beó mín freónd and forespreca, and ðære [MS. ðara] hálgan stówe freónd and forespræca
that he be my friend and advocate, and the friend and advocate of the holy place.
- Th. Diplm. A.D. 972 ;
- 524, 34-525, 1.
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He gebond feónda foresprecan
he bound the advocate of fiends [the devil ]
.- Exon. 18 b ;
- Th. 46, 6 ;
- Cri. 733.
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Cleopedon feónda foresprecan
the advocates of the fiends cried out,
3- 6 a ;
- Th. 118, 7 ;
- Gú. 236.
Bosworth, Joseph. “fore-spreca.” 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/11377.
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