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fore-wyrd

  • noun [ neuter ]
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fore-wyrd, fore-wyrd, -wyrde, es; n.
What is said before, a proviso, agreement, condition
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  • Forewyrde

    antefata

    (cf. wǽr*-*word),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 28
    • .
  • Þá Pyhtas heom ábǽdon wíf æt Scottum on þá gerád (ꝥ forewyrd,

    v. l.) ꝥ hí gecuron heora kynecinn on þá wífhealfa,
    • Chr. P. 3, 16
    • .
  • Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige . . . þis synd þá forewyrd . . . bútan sum heora freónda þá land ofgán mage tó rihtan gafole oððe tó óþran forewyrdan,

    • C. D. iv. 86, 7-32
    • .
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v. fore-word, ge-forewyrdan.
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v.  -wyrd fore-word.
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  • fore-wyrd, n.