fóre-stæppend
A stepper or goer before ⬩ præcessor
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A stepper or goer before; præcessor Se ðe fórestæppend ys qui præcessor est, Lk. Bos. 22, 26
fóre-sǽde
foretold ⬩ predicted
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foretold, predicted. Mt. Bos. 24, 25;
fóre-sægde
foretold ⬩ told
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foretold, told, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16: biseno foresægde parabolam proposuit, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24;
fore-steall
prevention ⬩ hindrance
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Add: prevention, hindrance to free progress Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis, Dóm. L. 146. fine for the crime of fore-steall. Similar entries v. for-steal in Dict
fore-þeón
o excel ⬩ surpass
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to excel, surpass 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 .
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Brent-ford
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BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames; oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius Eádmund cyng férde ofer Temese æt Brentforda king Edmund went over the Thames at Brentford
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Brádan-ford
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BRADFORD in Wilts; loci nomen vadum amplum vel latum significans, hodie Bradford in agro Wiltoniensi Cénwalh gefeaht æt Brádanforda be Afne Kenwealh fought at Bradford near the Avon, Chr. 652; Erl. 26, 22
fore-heáfod
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Mearciað ródetácen on eówrum foreheáfdum, Hml, Th. i. 466, 20. On forheáfdum in frontibus, Hy. S. 32, 39. Add
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fore-cuman
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Forcómon mé grinu deáþes praeoccupaverunt me laquei mortis, Ps. Spl. 17, 6. Forecuómon procedebant, Lk. L. 4, 22. Forcyme procedens, Mt. p. 3, 20. Hiora forðfóre mid gódum weorcum forecuman (praeuenire), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 16. Take here fór-cuman (l.
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fóre-mǽre
Fore-great ⬩ very honourable ⬩ illustrious ⬩ eminent ⬩ famous ⬩ celebrated ⬩ præclārus ⬩ illustris ⬩ excellens ⬩ fāmōsus ⬩ celeberrĭmus
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Fore-great, very honourable, illustrious, eminent, famous, celebrated; præclārus, illustris, excellens, fāmōsus, celeberrĭmus Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon ðe má wolde bión wrecca, and earm, and ælþiódig, and forsewen, ðonne wélig, and
fóre-gulpon
boasted greatly
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boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13;
lytel-fóta
for-fón
to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate
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For 'I. to be deprived of . . . MS. H.]' substitute: to take away, take as forfeit Gif hine (a man who has sought asylum in a monastery) on þám fierste geyflige . . . léte mid ryhte þeódscipe . . . and þám híwum hundtwelftig sciłł. ciricfriðes tó bóte
fóre-birig
a vestibule
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a vestibule. Ex. 29, 32
fóran
Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of
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Before Eádsige foran eallum folce hine lǽrde, Chr. 1043; P. 163, 20. adv. alone, marking position, in front Hié fortendun þæt swíðre breóst foran, Ors. i. 10; S. 46, 12: Rü. 45, 2.
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Gild-ford
a town in Surrey, on the river Wey
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GUILDFORD, a town in Surrey, on the river Wey, Lye.
fóre-steall
A leaping before ⬩ forestalling ⬩ rescue ⬩ assultus ⬩ interceptio
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A leaping before, forestalling, rescue; assultus, interceptio Ða Iudéiscan ealdras geornlíce smeádon hú hí Hǽlend Crist acwellan mihton, ondrédon him swá-ðeáh ðæs folces fóresteall the Jewish elders earnestly deliberated how they might slay Jesus Christ
fóre-ceorfan
To cut off the front ⬩ præcīdĕre
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To cut off the front; præcīdĕre Ic fóreceorfe præcīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 35