Fóre-spræc

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

fóre-spæc, e;

fóre-spræc

f. [fóre- fore-, spræc a speech] A fore-speech, preface, introduction, a speaking before for another, a fore-promise; præfātio, præ-sponsio :-- Ðis is seó fórespræc hú S. Gregorius ðas bóc gedihte, ðe man Pastoralem nemnaþ this is the preface how St. Gregory made this book which people call Pastoral, Past. pref; Cot. MS. Beóþ ða ungewittigan cild gehealdene on ðam fulluhte þurh fórespræce ðæs godfæder unknowing children are saved in baptism by the fore-promise of the godfather, Bd. Whelc. 180, 44. fore-spræc