þæt wæs
fore-mǣrost foldbūendum receda under roderum, 309.
fore-mǣrost foldbūendum receda under roderum, 309.
Beowulf
forð-gesceaft, st. f. , _that which is determined for farther on, future
destiny_: acc. sg. hē þā forð-gesceaft forgyteð and forgȳmeð, 1751.
forð-weg, st. m. , _road that leads away, journey_: hē of ealdre gewāt frōd
on forð-weg (_upon the way to the next world_), 2626.
fore, prep. w. dat. , local, _before_, coram, in conspectu: hēo fore þǣm
werede spræc, 1216. Causal, _through, for, because of_: nō mearn fore fǣhðe
and fyrene, 136; fore fæder dǣdum, _because of the father's deeds_,
2060,--Allied to this is the meaning, _about_, de, super: þǣr wæs sang and
swēg samod ætgædere fore Healfdenes hildewīsan, _song and music about
Healfdene's general_ (the song of Hnæf), 1065.
fore-mǣre, adj. , _renowned beyond (others)_, prǣclarus: superl.
þæt wæs
fore-mǣrost foldbūendum receda under roderum, 309.
fore-mihtig, adj. , _able beyond (others)_, prǣpotens: nom. sg. wæs tō
foremihtig fēond on fēðe, _the enemy was too strong in going_ (could flee
too rapidly), 970.
fore-snotor, adj. , _wise beyond (others)_, sapientissimus: nom. pl.
foresnotre men, 3164.
fore-þanc, st. m. , _forethought, consideration, deliberation_: nom. sg. ,
1061.
forht, adj. , _fearful, cowardly_: nom.