Æt-foran

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

æt-foran

Add: I. prep, (l) local, (a) confronting, (α) of persons, before, in the presence of, in the sight of :-- Ætforan (ante) þǽre en-gelican gæderunge, An. Ox. 1749. Wé synd hér ætforan (coram) þé, Coll. M. 34, Hé waes Gode gecwéme and gife ætforan him gemétte, Gen. 6, 8: II. (/3) of objects, before, in front of :-- His sceatt ætstód ætforan him, Hml. S. . 12, 54. Þone fótscamul ætforan his bedde (æt his reste foran, ), Gr. D. 20, 28. (b) preceding, in front of, at the head of :-- Gáð ætforan þám folce praecedite populum. Jos. 3, 6. (2) temporal, (a) marking date :-- Ætforan scs UNCERTAIN Andreas mæssan, Chr. 1010; P. 141, 3. l, (b) marking priority :-- Swá wel haldan swá ǽnig kyngc ætforan him betst dyde, Chr. 1066; P. 200, 22. (3) marking precedence, preference :--Hé geendebyrde þone unspédigan fiscere ætforan ðám rícan cásere, Hml. Th. i. 578, 10. Ꝥ heregyld wæs ǽfre ætforan óðrum gyldum þe man geald, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 22. II. adv. Before, beforehand :-- Wǽron þá wælisce men ætforan mid þám cynge, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 9. æt-foran

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