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fóran

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§558;
Substitute:
prep.
Before
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  • Eádsige foran eallum folce hine lǽrde,

    • Chr. 1043
      • ;
    • P. 163, 20
      • .
adv.
alone,
marking position,
in front
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  • Hié fortendun þæt swíðre breóst foran,

    • Ors. i. 10
      • ;
    • S. 46, 12
      • :
    • Rü. 45, 2
      • .

  • Sé þe foran lǽdeð brídels

    he that in front guides the bridle,

    • El. 1184
      • .
in front of that which is defended
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  • Hé hiene foran forstód

    he stood in front and defended him,

    • Ors. 4, 8
      • ;
    • S. 186, 25
      • .
in front of that which is i obstructed or interfered with
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  • Hí þá men ofslógon þe hié foran forrídan, mehton bútan geweorce

    they slew the men whose retreat they could cut off.

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • P. 88, 10
      • .

  • Hié forfóron him þone múðan foran

    they blockaded the mouth of the river for them,

    • 897
      • ;
    • P. 90, 24
      • .

  • On þǽm wintregum tídum wyrþ se múþa fordrifen foran from þǽm windum,

    • Ors. l, I
      • ;
    • S. 12, 34
      • .

  • Gemétton wé ús ǽghwanon storm foran onsettende

    inuenimus nos undigueuersum tempestate praeclusos,

    • Bd. 5, l
      • ;
    • Sch. 552, 10
      • .

  • Þá ungesǽligan menn ne magon gebídon hwonne hé

    (death)

    him tó cume, ac forsceótaþ hine foran

    (they rush in his way).

    • Bt. 39, l
      • ;
    • F. 212, 3
      • .

  • Leahtras mid gedwolmiste fortíð mód foran,

    • Met. 22, 34.
in front, before all, in a conspicuous place (?)
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  • Þæt treów sceolde foran áfeallan

    the tree should fall where all might see

      (?),
    • Dan. 557
      • .
in the front rank(?)
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  • Þæt wæs án foran ealdgestreóna,

    • B. 1458
      • .
with prepositions,
on.
with dat.
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  • Wrít þám horse on þám heúfde foran Crístes mǽl

      Lch. ii. 290, 24.
with acc.:
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  • Hé wearp his tungan on ðæt neb foran

    lingnam in os tyranni abjecit,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • F. 52, 25
      • .

  • Gif men synd wænnas gewunod on ꝥ heáfod foran,

    • Lch. iii. 46, 21
      • .
ongeán
opposite, over against,
as preposition with dat.
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  • Hetware him foran ongeán linde bǽron,

    • B. 2364
      • .

  • Gesæt Benedictus forn ongeán ðám Riggon,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 168, 15
      • :
    • Lch. iii. 248, 17 MS. S
      • .

  • Feówer æceras forn ágeán Eádferðes ealdlande,

    • C. D. iii. 411, 27.
with acc. (or uncertain):
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  • Ic fare foran ongeán þá burh

    ego accedam ex adverso contra urbem,

    • Jos. 8, 5
      • .

  • ÞUCERTAIN castel ꝥ foran ongén eów

    (contra vos)

    ys,

    • Mt. 21, 2
      • .

  • Foran ongén (fora ongægn. L. ) Galiléam,

    • Lk. 8, 26
      • .

  • Foran ongén wylle; of ðǽre wylle,

    • C. D. vi. 129, 25
      • .

  • Foron ongeán stángedelf,

    • 144, 9
      • .

  • Macian forn angén Mildryþe æker ǽnne hwerf,

    • iv. 57, 37.
as adverb
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  • Foran ongeán

    eminus, cominus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 239, 13
      • .

  • Cóm mycel windes blǽd foran ongeán, ꝥ seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred

    the arrow was met by a great blast of wind and turned back.

    • Bl. H. 199, 21
      • .
tó.
foran tó.foran-tó
as prep.
Before.
Take here foran-tó (l. foran tó) in Dict., and add
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  • Foran tó his þrowunga and foran tó þon tócyme dómes dæges,

    • Bl.H. 35, 7
      • :
    • 27, 26
      • .

  • Foran tó þyssum ondweardan dæge,

    • Bl. H. 131, ii.

  • Foran tó ðǽre tíde,

    • C. D. i. 293, 24
      • :
    • Chr. 918
      • ;
    • P. 100, 3
      • :
    • 1053
      • ;
    • P. 182, 39
      • .
as adv.
Beforehand, before:
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  • Him se reogol-weord gebeóde foran tó hwonne sió tíd sié,

    • C. D. i. 293, 28
      • .

  • Wé sec-gaþ eác foran tó ꝥ seó bóc is swíþe deóp,

    • Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 29
      • .

  • For-sprecað hí foran tó

    denounce them beforehand,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 494, 10
      • .

  • Þá þe foran tó unriht wyrceð, oþþe on þám dæge him hláf baceþ,

    • Wlfst. 212, 26
      • .

  • His gebídan ne magon burgsittende, ungesǽlige men hine

    (death)

    ǽr willað foran tó sciótan

    (will anticipate death),

    • Met. 27, 19.
tó . . . foran
before, to the presence of:
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  • Þá þrý cómon tó þeódne foran.

    • Dan. 93
      • :
    • 434
      • .
wiþ. with acc.
Before, in front of
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  • Hí beóð wið þæt mód foran mistes dwoleman,

    • Met. 5, 43
      • .

  • Hwý hí ne scínen beforan ðǽre sunnan, swá hí dóð wið ðone mónan foran (cf. beforan þám mónan.

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • F. 214, 30
      • ),
    • 28, 47
      • :
    • 20, 265
      • .

  • Wið þone segn foran þengel rád,

    • Exod. 172
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forne.
O. Sax. foran.
]
Similar entries
v. æt-, be-(bi-), on-, tó-, wiþ-foran; forane.
Linked entries
v.  fóran-onsettende fóran-to.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/45388.

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