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fore-spreca

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an advocate, defender
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  • For[e]sprec[a]

    patronus,

    • An. Ox. 56, 335
    • .
  • Forspeca

    orator,

    • Germ. 400, 548
    • .
  • Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca,

    • Cht. Th. 169, 26.
  • Þá nyste Paulus ðá gástlican getácnunge ðǽre ǽ, and wæs forðí hyre forespreca,

    • Hml. Th. i. 390, 3
    • .
  • Hí blissodon ꝥ hí swilcne forespræcan him áfunden hæfdon,

    • Hml. A. 101, 317
    • .
a sponsor
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  • Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17
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  • Þá þe æt font*-*bæþe úre forespecan (-sprecan, v. l.) wǽran,

    • Wlfst. 67, 9
    • :
    • 109, 16
    • .
  • Forespræcan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 338, 8
    • .
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