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fóre-cweðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
fóre-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden
To foresay, predict; prædīcĕre, propōnĕre
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  • Hét he him sillabas and word fórecweðan

    addĭdit et syllăbas ac verba dīcenda illi propōnĕre,

    • Bd. 5, 2
      • ;
    • S. 615, 13.

  • Ealle ðás þing swá se bisceop fórecwæþ, of endebyrdnysse gelumpon and gefyllede wǽron

    quæ cuncta ut prædixĕrat antistes, ex ordĭne complēta sunt,

    • 3, 15
      • ;
    • S. 541, 37.

  • Swá swá we on ðysse ǽrran béc feáwum wordum fórecwǽdon

    wt præcēdente libro paucis dixĭmus,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 563, 18.

  • Sume men eác swylce sægdon, ðæt heó, þurh witedómes gást, ða ádle fórecwǽde [MS. -cwede], ðe heó on forþferde

    sunt ĕtiam qui dicant, quia per prophētīæ spīrĭtum, pestĭlentiam qua ipsa esset mŏrĭtūra, prædixĕrat,

    • 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 588, 15.

  • Swá hit fórecweden wæs

    ut prædictum ĕrat,

    • 3, 15
      • ;
    • S. 542, 3.
Etymology
[
Goth. faura-qiþan
.]
Derived forms
cweðan
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fóre-cweðan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11310.

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