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fore-sceáwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to observe beforehand, consider the future
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  • Se man gewilnað þæt hé hlísful sý, and nele foresceáwian þæt úre líchaman beóð áwende tó dúste,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 220, 29
      • .

  • Þæs abbodes on hádunge ꝥ sí forasceáwod gesceád

    in abbatis ordinatione illa consideretur ratio,

    • R. Ben. I. 106, 17
      • .
to foresee, have knowledge of the future
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  • Wé sculon ús ondrǽdan ðone endenéxtan dæg, þone þe wé ne magon nǽfre foresceáwian,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 574, 11
      • .
of the Divine foreknowledge:
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  • Þá setíma cóm þe God foresceáwode, þá ásende hé his engel,

    • Hml. Th. i. 24, 21.

  • Hit wearð swá geworden swá God foresceáwode on ǽr,

    • Chr. 1067
      • ;
    • P. 201, 23
      • .

  • On foresceáwudum tídum,

    • Lch. iii. 432, 13
      • .
to provide for, take the steps necessary to secure something.
with acc.
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  • Paulus nolde ðá álýfdan bigleofan onfón, ac mid ágenre teolunge his and his geférena neóde foresceáwode,

    • Hml. Th. i. 392, 23
      • .

  • God wile foresceáwian úre gesundfulnysse and sibbe mid ús,

    • Hml. S. 13, 136
      • .
with clause
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  • Se Hǽlend foresceáwode ꝥ hé sende þám cyninge

    the Saviour made provision for sending to the king,

    • Hml. S. 24, 125
      • .
to provide, give for use to a person (dat.)
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  • Ic foresceáwode of his sunum mé gecorenne cyning

    providi in filiis ejus mihi regem

      (
    • 1 Sam. 16, 1
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 64, 7
      • .

  • Críst him líf sealde and andlyfene foresceáwode,

    • Hml. S. 11, 347
      • :
    • 5, 325.

  • Swá swá úre Álýsend foresceáwode him þæt castel . . . swá se deófol þám forlorenum men

    (Antichrist)

    foresceáwað gelimplice stówe,

    • Wlfst. 193, 26-194, 6
      • .

  • Symle sceal þæt lǽwede folc gewilnian . . . þæt God him góde láreówas foresceáwige,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 530, 22
      • .

  • God mæg unc þurh ðisne earn ǽt foresceáwian,

    • 138, 35
      • :
    • 462, 17
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. foreshow.
]
Similar entries
v. un*-*foresceáwod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fore-sceáwian.” 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/45581.

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