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consideration, contemplation
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  • Foresceáwung consideratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 73:

    contemplatio,

      134, 82.

  • Þeós foresceáwung (

    consideratio

    ) mid þám abbude is,
      R. Ben. I. 91, 13.

  • Forasceáwung,

      64, 13.

  • Æfter forasceáwunga

    juxta considerationem,

      37, 5.

  • Foresceáwunge,

      R. Ben. 32, 11.

  • Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and þǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne

    ne fortuitu casu qui arripuerit codicem legere audeat,

      62, 5.

  • Hé átihtincge his on Godes foresceáwunge gefæstnað

    intentionem suam in Dei contemplatione defigit,

      Scint. 28, 14.

  • Sié hé for ealle úpáðened mid ðǽre godcundan foresceáwunge his inngeðances

    prae cunctis contemplatione suspensus,

      Past. 97, 24.
foreseeing, foreknowledge
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  • Ðá arn hé tó cyrcan búton his freónda foresceáwunge

    (his friends had no idea of his intention), Hml. Th. ii. 498, 29. (2 a) (supernatural) foreseeing :-- Godcundlic forscáwung praesagium, i. praescientia ł divinatio,

      Hpt. Gl. 466, 25.

  • Hé ongeat ꝥ heó mid þǽre godcundan foresceáwunge onlíht wæs,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 216.

  • Án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge,

      Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26.
forethought, foresight, providence
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  • Þæs abbotes hit sí on forascáwunga

    in abbatis sit providentia,

      R. Ben. I. 73, 11.

  • Ðínum hǽse and foresceáunge

    tua jussione et providentia,

      Rtl. 98, 35.

  • Foresceáuunge prudentia, 108, 25. (3 a)

    divine providence

    :-- Hí wǽron gemynte on þám micclan dihte Godes foresceáwunge tó his sceápa getele,
      Hml. A. 70, 121.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fore-sceáwung.” 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/45584.

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