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fore-wís

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Þá áforhtode uncer mód, for þan hit bið ǽlces yfeles forewís, Hml. A. 206, 363. For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 79, and add

fore-witol

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Se forewitola Scyppend wiste on ǽr hwæt hé of hyre gedón habban wolde, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Add

Linked entry: -witol

fore-witung

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Dele

Linked entry: witung

fore-wyrdan

Similar entry: ge-forewyrdan

flohten-fóte

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fore-gísel

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A hostage given as security for the performance of a promise Eást-Engle hæfdon foregísla .vi. geseald and þéh ofer þá treówa . . . fóron hié, Chr. 894; P. 84, 20. Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá hé habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and

Linked entry: gísel

fore-hradian

(v.)

Linked entry: hradian

fore-meahtig

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Foremihtig prepotens, Hy. S. 74, 9. Add

fore-mihtiglíce

(adv.)
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Dele

fore-nama

(n.)
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glosses pronomen Tó forenaman pronomine, R. Ben. I. 11, 13

fore-onfang

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glosses praesumtio Foreonfong praesumtio, Mt. p. 1, 4. Foreonfoeng, 8, 2

fore-ridel

Similar entry: fór-rídel

fore-sceáwodlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-sceáwodlic, adj.

Considerate

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Considerate

fore-sceáwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fore-sceáwodlíce, adv.

Considerately ⬩ with due consideration ⬩ with foresight

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Considerately, with due consideration, with foresight God swýþor tó yrsunge unbesceáwudlíce hí forþ clypian þænne foresceáwudlíce tó synna forgyfenyssa innlaþian Deum potius ad iracundiam inconsiderate prouocent, quam provide ad peccaminum ueniam inuitent

fore-sceáwung

consideration ⬩ contemplation ⬩ foreseeing ⬩ foreknowledge ⬩ forethought ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ divine providence

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Add: consideration, contemplation Foresceáwung consideratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 73: contemplatio, 134, 82. Þeós foresceáwung (consideratio) mid þám abbude is, R. Ben. I. 91, 13. Forasceáwung, 64, 13. Æfter forasceáwunga juxta considerationem, 37, 5.

Linked entry: fore-gesceáwung

fore-scending

(n.)
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Lk. L. 21, 25

fore-scét

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C. D. vi. 183, 10

fore-scunian

(v.)

Similar entry: fore-scynian

fore-scúwa

Similar entry: fore-scýwa

fore-scýa

Similar entry: fore-scýwa

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