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§559; §649;
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the action of going
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  • Hé wæs unáblinnendlíce on fóre geseted

    he was incessantly travelling,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 156
      • .

  • On fóre

    uehictilo (ad praediolium suum basternae uehiculo properabant,

    • Aid. 67, 28
      • ),
    • An. Ox. 4742
      • .

  • Fóre

    uehiculo (spreto basternae uehiculo,

    • Aid. 58, 28.
    In An. Ox. 4164 the word is glossed by færelde),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 74
      • .
a journey
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  • Gif þé fór (foor, v.l.) gelimpe on Gallia mǽgðe

    si contingat ut ad Galliarum provinciam transeas,

    • Bd. I. 27
      • ;
    • Sch. 74, 9
      • .

  • Fóre bóc

    itinerarium,

    • Hpt. Gl. 454, 19
      • .

  • Swá hwylc preóst swá farende byð

    (iter facial),

    and hine man on his fóre

    (in itinere ejus)

    fulwihtes biddeð, and hé wyrne for ofste his fóre

    (itineris).

    • Ll. Th. ii. 138, 19-21
      • .

  • Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe,

    • i. 118, ll
      • :
    • 82, 15
      • .

  • Cóm hé tó Róme . . . hé oft ǽr on þǽre fóre wæs,

    • Bd. 4, 18
      • ;
    • Sch. 436, 12
      • .

  • Hé wæs on sumre fóre ealle þrý dagas,

    • Bl. H. 217, 17
      • .
an expedition of armed persons,
march of an army
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  • Hé wæs hergende and bærnende þætte Cartainense mehton geseón of heora byrg ꝥ fýr and þone teónan, þonne hió on fóre wǽron,

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 168, 35
      • .

  • Be þǽre wídgalnisse his

    (Alexander's)

    síðfata and his fóra þe hé geond middangeard férde,

    • Nar. I. 7.
of private war
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  • Sé þe on þǽre fóre wǽre þǽr mon monnan ofslóge, getriówe hine þæs sleges, and þá fóre gebéte,

    • Ll. Th. i. 122, 16
      • :
    • 74, 7 note
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fore.
O.H.Ger. fuora profectio.
]
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v. út-, weg-fór.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fór.” 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/45386.

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