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forane

  • adverb
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Grammar
forane, forne; adv.
Take here forne, fórne (l. forne) in Dict. , and add:
alone,
denoting anticipation, prevention, beforehand (as in to be beforehand with a person)
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  • Forne forféþ

    anlicipet,

    • An. Ox. 603
      • .

  • Sý forne forfangen

    preoccupetur, . . . precedat,

    • 1236.

  • Forne forgán, gelettan

    praepedire, i. praeoccupare,

    • 3949.

  • Heó þone ealdan forene forféng, and him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan astreccan

    she anticipated the old man, and did not permit him to prostrate himself completely,

    • Hml, S. 23 b, 605
      • .

  • Ic ꝥ hæbbe mid Godes fultume forene forfangen, ꝥ eów nǽfre heonforð þanon nán unfrið tó ne cymð

    I have with God's help taken measures to prevent hostility ever from this time forth coming to you from Denmark,

    • Cht. E. 230, 4
      • .
denoting defence
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  • Gif hwá þeóf friðige oððe forena forlicge

    (interpose in his behalf),

    • Che. E. 230, 33.
with prep.
Opposite, in front of, against.
geán
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  • Ðǽre wyrte wyrtruman áhóh . . . swá ꝥ hé hangie forne geán ðá miltan.

    • Lch. i. 110, 24.

  • Forne geán Biccenclife,

    • C. D. iii. 4, 12
      • .

  • Forne gén hys ágen land,

    • iv. 221, 6.
ongeán (á-)
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  • Oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán,

    • Lch. iii. 248, 17
      • .
tógeánes
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  • Ic him eft wille sændan fleógende fláne forane tógeánes,

    • Lch. iii. 52, 25.
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forne.
O. Sax. forana.
]
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v.  forene.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “forane.” 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/45391.

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