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fór-word

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
fór-word, es; n.
A fore-word, stipulation, agreement; præcautio, pactum
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  • Ðæt hire frýnd ða fórword habban

    that her friends have the stipulations,

    • L. Edm. B. 7
    • ;
    • Th. i. 256, 2.
  • Ðis synd ða fórword ðe Æðelréd cyng and ealle his witan wið ðone here gedón habbaþ

    these are the agreements which king Æthelred and all his counsellors have made with the army,

    • L. Eth. ii. prm
    • ;
    • Th. i. 284, 6.
Derived forms
fóre-weard,
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