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be-fóran

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:
Wright's OE grammar
§288; §559;
prep.
local,
with dat.
in the presence of
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  • Gif hit beforan þám hláforde wæs

    si impraesen-tiarum dominus fuerit,

      Ex. 22, 15.
    • ¶ where a particular part of a person is specified,
    before one's eyes, :--
    Þone mist ðe hangaþ beforan úres módes eágum,
    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • F. 132, 32.

  • Beforan Drihtnes gesihþe,

      Bl. H. 157, 24.

  • Beforan his fótum,

      247, II.
in front of an object
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  • Beforan þæs écan Déman heáhsetle,

      Bl. H. 53, 7.

  • Beforan ðǽre norðdura þǽre ciricean,

      203, 34.

  • Beforan Mermedonia ceastre,

      935, 18.

  • Beforan his ródetácne forhtigað heofen and eorþe,

      245, 19.
a-head of, over against
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  • Gáþ on þá wíc þe beforan inc stondeð,

      Bl. H. 77, 22.
marking relative position or order,
before, in advance of:
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  • Óþre apostolas beóþ sende beforan hire bǽre,

      Bl. H. 147, 22: 163, 34.

  • Ic sende mínne engel beforan þínre onsýne, sé gerweþ þínne weg beforan þé,

      167, 29.

  • Ðá ðe férdon beforan þǽre fyrde,

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • P. 150, 9.
with acc.
into the presence of
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  • Hé beforan þone cyning gelǽd wæs,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • F. 52, 22.

  • In feccan beforan hine,

      Bl. H. 175, 2.

  • Hé héht hié ealle þrý in beforan hine,

      18.
where something is put into position
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  • Hé þone ásette beforan ꝥ weofod.

      Gr. D. 51, 5.
temporal,
with dat.
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  • Beforan ðǽre cenninge, and on ðǽre cenninge, and æfter ðǽre cenninge,

      Hml. Th. ii. 10, 3.

  • Beforan þám,

      Ll. Th. i. 86, 15.

  • Beforan þissum,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • P. 110, l.
marking degree, rank,
with dat.
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  • Swá micle swá sé bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað

    sicut assistentibus turbis praelati sunt qui cathedrae honore fulciuntur,

      Past. 435, 27.

  • S. Iohannes gǽþ be-foran (takes precedence of) eallum óþrum wítgan,

      Bl. H. 167, 22.

  • Ðæs menniscan lífes gecynd is ꝥ hí sién beforan eallum óþrum gesceaftum

    humanae naturae conditio est, ut ceteris rebus excellat,

    • Bt. 14, 3
      • ;
    • F. 46, 4.

  • Beforan gesegnesse lícwurðe

    pleasing beyond expression,

      Hml. S. 23b, 73.
with acc.
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  • Ne sceal hé þone æþelborenan settan beforan þane þeówborenan,

      R. Ben. 12, 13.
adv.
local,
before, in advance
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  • Hé his ǽrendracan beforan ásende tó þǽre ðeóde,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • S. 44, 7.

  • Ðá eóde se man in beforan tó ðám cynge,

      Ap. Th. 14, 8.
temporal
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    • Hié eal ꝥ tóweard wæs beforan wítgodan,

        Bl. H. 161, 15: 163, 26.
      • ¶combined with ǽr :-- God hit wát eall beforan, ǽr hit gewyrþe,
      • Bt. 41, 3
        • ;
      • F. 248, 28.
      Wæs hé beforan ær þá þreó gear gecrístnod,
        Bl. H. 215, 35.
      Swá Antecríst ǽr beforan dyde,
        95, 3.
      Eal hé ꝥ ǽr beforan on onlíc weorc áteáh,
        215, 5.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. bi-foran.
]
Similar entries
v. bi-foran in Dict.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-fóran.” 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/39747.

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  • be-fóran, prep.; adv.

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