fóre-weard
FOREWARD ⬩ precaution ⬩ contract ⬩ agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ treaty ⬩ provision ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum ⬩ fœdus
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FOREWARD, precaution, contract, agreement, compact, treaty, provision; præcautio, pactum, fœdus Wurdon ða fórewearda full worhte the contracts were completed. Chr. 1109; Erl. 242, 22. To ðán ylcan fóreweardum [MS. foreweardan] with the same provisions
fóre-wæs
was before or over
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was before or over, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 35;
fóre-ceorfend
A fore-cutter ⬩ front tooth ⬩ præcīsor
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A fore-cutter, front tooth; præcīsor, Wrt. Voc. 282, 73
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
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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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;
heáh-fore
A heifer ⬩ juvenca ⬩ juvenca
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A heifer Heáhfore annicula vel vaccula: fæt heáh-fore altilium, Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 85, 93; Wrt. Voc. 23, 44. 50. Heáhfru altile, Wrt. Voc. 287, 55. Eálond hwítre heáhfore insula vitulæ albæ, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 41. Gif hé hriðeru offrian wille bringe
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
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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fóran-onsettende
Closing in ⬩ præcludens
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Closing in; præcludens, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 31, note.
fóre-gulpon
boasted greatly
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boasted greatly, Ors. cont. 4, 7; Bos. 12, 13;
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
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-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