fore-þingian
- verb [ weak ]
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Ic secge ðæt sió forespræc ne dýge, náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him foreþingaþ
I say that the defence does no good, neither to the guilty, nor to him who pleads for him,
- Bt. 38, 7 ;
- Fox 210, 7.
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Foreþinga for synnum mínum
intercēde pro peccātis meis,
- Wanl. Catal. 293, 28, col. 2: 294, 25, col. 1 .
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Ne cweðe ic ná ðæt ðæt yfel síe ðæt mon helpe ðæs unscyldigan, and him foreþingie
I do not say that it is wrong that a man should help the innocent, and defend him.
- Bt. 38, 7 ;
- Fox 210, 4: L. Alf. pol. 21 ;
- Th. i. 76, 3: 24 ;
- Th. i. 78, 10.
Bosworth, Joseph. “fore-þingian.” 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/11406.
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