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fore-settan

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Take here fór-settan (l. for-), and add
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  • Foreset

    praepositus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 19
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of order in time or place,
to put before
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  • Foresettaþ

    praeferant, i. anteponant,

    • An. Ox. 2001
    • .
  • Hé swór God him tó gewitan on his wordum foresettende

    he prefaced his oath by taking God to witness,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 271
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  • Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó foresette rǽding mǽnð,

    • Angl. viii. 298, 9
    • .
of degree, rank. &c.,
to put at the head, prefer
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  • Foresette

    praeposuit (omnibus gradibus ),

    • An. Ox. 344
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  • Foresettan

    preferre,

    • 17, 51
    • .
  • foreset

    preferatur,

    • 8, 36
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. furi-sezzen pro-, prae-ponere, praeferre.
]
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v.  fór-settan.
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