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fóre-secgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
fóre-secgan, p. -saegde, -sǽde; pp. -sægd, -sǽd
To FORE-SAY, foretell, predict, announce; præfāri, prædīcĕre, prædĭcāre, pronuntiāre, annuntiāre
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  • Ic fóresecge oððe bodige

    prædīco,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
    • ;
    • Som. 48, 40.
  • Ðæt se bisceop Aidan ðám scypfarendum ðone storm towardne fóresægde

    ut episcŏpus Aidan nautis tempestātem fŭtūram prædixĕrit,

    • Bd. 3, 15
    • ;
    • S. 541, 16: Ps. Th. 118, 172: 147, 8.
  • Geríses to fóresægcane gódspell

    oportet prædicari evangelium,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 10.
  • Iosue cwæþ dá to ðám fóresǽdan ǽrendracum

    Joshua then spoke to the aforesaid messengers,

    • Jos. 6, 22.
Etymology
[
Ger. vor-sagen to recite to a person.
]
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