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Wright's OE grammar
§217; §445; §446; §558; §559; §572;
Take here fóre (l. fore), and add:
with dat. or uncertain.
local,
before, in front of
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  • Gif him wan fore wolcen hangað (cf. þonne sweartan wolcnu him beforan gáþ,

    • Bt. 6
      • :
    • F. 14, 22
      • ),
    • Met. 5, 4
      • .

  • Ásetton on gesyhðe sigebeámas þrý eorlas fore Elenan cneó,

    • El. 848.
figurative:
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  • Næs ðǽr nán man þe gryre and ege fore ne stóde no

    one who had not horror and terror before his eyes,

    • Hml. S. 23, 83.
of position, degree,
at the head of, acting as ruler of:
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  • Hé manega gǽr wæs fore þám mynstre (ealdor þæs mynstres,

    v. l. praefuit).

    Honoratus tó dæge is fore þám ylcan mynstre

    (praeest),

    • Gr. D. 96, 10, 15
      • .

  • Ealle ðá ðe fore óðrum bieón sculon,

    • Past. 107, 23.

  • Hié beóð óðrum bróðrum ofergesett and him fore beón sculon on godcundum ðingum

    fratribus animarum causa praelati sunt,

    • Past. 126, 17
      • :
    • 129, 6
      • .

  • Sácerdas dám geleáffullum sculon fore beón

    sacerdotes fidelibus praesunt,

    • 139, 16
      • .

  • Hí gewilnodon ꝥ hé þám mynstre beón scolde fore (hyra mynstres ealdor beón sceolde,

    v. l. eis praeesse deberet),

    • Gr. D. 103, 30.
within sight or hearing of.
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Cf. for; A. I c:
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  • Hé heom fore sǽde his neóde,

    • Chr. 1087
      • ;
    • P. 223, 30
      • .
temporal,
before
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  • Is nú feala forðgewitenra ... þe ús fore wǽron,

    • El. 637
      • .
of previous action:
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  • Hí férdon tó heora geférum þe him fore stópon,

    • Hml. S. 4, 416.
figurative.
marking cause,
for, from, through, because of.
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v. for; A. III. 1
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  • Hí forhte beofiad fore fæder egsan,

    • Cri. 1015
      • :
    • Gú. 310.

  • Him tó móde fore monlufan sorg gesóhte,

    • 324.

  • Hé sceal fore hǽðenra handgewinne gást onsendan,

    • An. 186, 1034
      • .
marking reason, ground,
on account of.
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v. for; A. III. 2
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  • Geswænced from his moniendum fore .xii. scillingum,

    • Gr. D. 157, 33
      • .

  • Hé fore góddǽdum glade blissiað,

    • Cri. 1287
      • .

  • Adames cynn cwíðeð nales fore lytlum, ac fore þám mǽstan mægenearfeðum,

    • 963.

  • Ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ,

    • Bt. 34, 7
      • ;
    • F. 142, 36
      • .

  • Þý lǽs fore þǽre mǽrðe him mód ástíge,

    • Crä. 101
      • .

  • Tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié ús ealneg fore gielpað

    to the abundance on account of which they are always boasting to us,

    • Ors. 4, 7
      • ;
    • S. 182, 16
      • :
    • S. 4, 18
      • .
marking motive,
for, from, through,
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v. for; A. III. 3
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  • Hé wið ðon won fore (for, v. l.) geornfullnesse and for lufan þæs árfæstan gewinnes

    renitentem studio et amore pii laboris,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • Sch. 349
      • ,

  • Þú fore monna lufan þínre módor bósm gesóhtes,

    • Hö. 110
      • ;
    • Fa. 78
      • .

  • Gé fore æfstum on his wergengan wíte legdon,

    • Gú. 684
      • :
    • Mód. 37
      • .
marking substitution,
in place of, instead of.
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v. for; A. III. 4
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  • Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor, mǽw singende fore medodrince,

    • Seef. 22
      • .

  • Fore hundum tigras and leópardos hí fédað,

    • Nar. 38, 3
      • .

  • Sé þe hors nabbe wyrce þám hláforde þe him fore ríde,

    • Ll. Th. i. 232, 21
      • .
with verbs expressing or implying payment, requital.
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v. for; A. III. 6.
marking compensation
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  • Gif hwá óðrum his eáge oþdó, selle his ágen fore (for v. l.); tóð fore (for, v. l.) téð, honda wið honda, fét fore fét, bærning fore bærninge,

    • Ll. Th. i. 48, 20-22
      • .

  • Gif oxa óðres monnes oxan gewundige, and hé þonne deád sié ... selle him óðerne oxan fore,

    • 50, 13.
marking expiation
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  • Hé on þone beám áhongen wæs fore moncynnes mánforwyrhtum,

    • Cri. 1095
      • .

  • Se þegn fore fæder dǽdum blódfág swefeð,

    • B. 2059
      • .
where an obligation is discharged
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  • He náh self nánwiht tó gesellanne ... þonne gǽð óðer man, seleð his ceáp fore ... sé þe him ǽr ceáp fore sealde,

    • Ll. Th. i. 142, 2-6
      • :
    • 7
      • .

  • Gif hé nyte hwá him fore béte,

    • 164, 12
      • .

  • Gif seó mǽgð him fore gyldan nellen,

    • 248, 5
      • .

  • Sé þe áhte ꝥ yrfe þe wé fore gildað

    (the property in connexion with which the reward is given),

    • 234, 25
      • .
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v. sceótan; VII
for the sake of.
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v. for; A. III. 7
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  • Þá earfeðu þe hé fore ældum ádreág,

    • Cri. 1202
      • .

  • Deáðe mínum þe ic ádreág fore þé,

    • 1476.

  • Hé earfeðu geþolade fore þearfe þeódbúendra,

    • 1173.
on behalf of, for the advantage of.
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v. for; A. III. 8
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  • Ꝥ man ne mót him mæssian fora, ne him openlíce fora gebiddan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 386, 16-18
      • .

  • Biddende þæt heom fore gebeden sý

    postulent pro se orari,

    • R. Ben. 59, 21
      • :
    • 62, 8
      • :
    • 127, 18, 19
      • .

  • Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca ... Ðá spæc ic him fore,

    • Cht. Th. 169, 29
      • .

  • Ic ne tóweorpe ðá burg ðe ðú fore spriceð

    non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es,

    • Past. 399, 31
      • .

  • Fore þencean,

    • Past. 75, 11
      • :
    • 97, 21
      • .

  • Gif bád genumen sý on monnes orfe for óðres monnes þingum, þonne begyte þá báde hám sé þe heó fore genumen sý,

    • i. 354, 7.

  • Blíþre bið seó sáwl þæs mannes, þonne hire man þá ælmessan fore dǽleþ,

    • Bl. H. 41, 33
      • :
    • Gú. 373
      • .

  • Hé him (v. Angl. vi. p. 136 of Anzeiger) worhte fore wundur mǽre,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 14.
to the honour of:
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  • On þǽre hálgan Þrynnesse naman þe seó stow is fore hálig

    in the name of the holy Trinity to which the place is dedicated,

    • Cht. Th. 559, i
      • .
marking object of fear, &c.
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v. for; A. III. 10
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  • Hié ealle þreátas oforhogodan, and him nówiht fore ne ondrédon,

    • Bl. H. 119, 16
      • .

  • Hý beofiað fore Freán forhte,

    • Cri. 1231
      • .

  • Ne þreodode hé fore þrymme þeódcyninges ǽniges,

    • Ap. 18
      • .
marking obstacle,
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v. for; A. III. 12
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  • Ic ne mæg fore mínum wonǽhtum willan ádreógan,

    • Hy. 4, 103
      • .

  • Hé staþolfæst ne mæg fore leahtra lufan leng gewunian,

    • Jul. 375
      • .
marking end to be attained:
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  • Wé sellað ðæt lond ... fore hyhte and fore aedleáne ðaes aecan and ðaes tówardon lífes, and fore uncerra sáula héla,

    • C. D. i. 292, 22-26.
with verbs of appeal.
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v. for; A. III. 18:
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  • Ic þé hálsige fore þínum cildháde, ... and fore þǽre wunde,

    • Hö. 118-120
      • :
    • 122.

  • Fore Godes sibbum,

    • Jul. 540.
with verbs of speaking, hearing,
of, about; de:
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  • Ealle men ðá ðe ðyses weres líf cúþon oþþe fore hýrdon,

    • Bl. H. 219, 34
      • .

  • His fyrngeflitan þe ic ǽr fore sægde,

    • Pa. 34
      • .
with acc.
with verbs of movement,
before, into the presence of
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  • Mín gebed fore sylfne þé becume

    oratio mea praeveniet te,

    • Ps. Th. 87, 13
      • .

  • Cuman fore heofona cyning,

    • Cri. 1039
      • :
    • 796
      • :
    • 1114
      • .

  • Heafde se cyng hí fore begán mid ealre fyrde,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • P. 139, 19
      • .
marking substitution,
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v. for; B. 1
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  • Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor and huilpan swég fore hleahtor wera,

    • Seef. 21
      • .
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v.  fóre-beón fóre-bétan fóre-gilpan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fore.” 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/45478.

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