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fóre-weard

  • noun [ masculine ]
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fóre-weard, es; m.
A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător
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  • Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum

    when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness, he then secretly led his army between the warders,

    • Ors. 4, 10
    • ;
    • Bos. 95, 12.
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v. weard; m.
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  • fóre-weard, n.