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fore

  • preposition
  • adverb
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fore, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§217; §445; §446; §558; §559; §572;
Substitute:
local (lit. or fig.),
in front, at the head, as chief
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  • Fore tó yrnenne

    prodeundi,

    • Scint. 224, 7
    • .
  • Eorðcyningas þe folcum hér fore wísien

    kings that, placed at their head, direct the peoples,

    • Ps. Th. 148, 11
    • .
temporal,
before
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  • Fore ic cueð ł ǽr ic sægde

    praedixi,

    • Mt. L. 28, 7
    • :
    • Mk. L. 13, 23
    • .
    See also fore; prep., and verbs with fore as prefix. In the Northern specimens many Latin verbs with the prefixes prae, pro are glossed by fore and the verb which translates the simple Latin verb, e.g. foregearuiga praeparauero, Jn. L. 14, 3: foregebécnade praefigurat, Mt. p. 9, 16: forefeóll procidit, Mk. L. 7, 25: foresendeð promittit, Jn. p. 6, 16. Such forms for the most part are not cited. The Latin ob is also rendered by fore e.g. foregeðístrat obcecatum, Mk. L. 6, 5 2: foragémnis observatio, Lk. L. 17, 20: foresuíge obmutesce, 4, 35.
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  • fore, prep.; adv.