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fore-þeón

  • verb [ contracteduncertain ]
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fore-þeón, (for-)
to excel, surpass
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  • Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó,

    • Hml. Th. i. 260, 26
    • .
  • Hú hé óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge,

    • R. Ben. 131, 18
    • .
  • Sé ðe lǽssan gife hæbbe, ne andige hé on ðám foreðeóndum, for ðan ðe . . . sume englas mid underþeódnysse óðrum hýrsumiað, and sume mid oferstígendre wurðfulnysse ðám óðrum sind foresette,

    • 346, 32.
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v.  for-þeón.
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