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fore-word

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
fore-word, es; n.
A proviso, condition
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  • Ðat land æt Áctúne twégra manna dæg, ealswá ðá foreword sprecað,

    • C. D. vi. 148, 30
    • .
  • Standan ðá forword betweónan ðan abbode and Ceólríce,

    • iii. 352, 3.
  • Syndon ðis þá forword þe Orecy and þá gegyldan gecoren habbað,

    • iv. 277, 30.
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Etymology
[Cf.
Dan. for-ord a proviso.
]
Similar entries
v. fore-wyrd, fore-weard.
Linked entries
v.  ge-forewyrdan fore-weard fore-wyrd.
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  • fore-word, n.