Fóre-þonc

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

-þanc, es;

fóre-þonc

m. Fore-thought, providence; provĭdentia :-- Ananias, Azarias and Misahel þurh fóreþoncas fýr gebýgdon Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael escaped the fire through providences, i.e. through their trust in the provisions of God, Dei provĭdentiis vel provisiōnĭbus ignem supĕrārunt. Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 16; Az. 191: 118 a; Th. 454, 22; Hy. 4, 37. Se fóreþonc is sió godcunde gesceádwísnes, sió ðe eall fórewát providence is the divine intelligence, which foreknows all, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 26. Se godcunda fóreþonc heaðeraþ ealle gesceafta the divine providence restrains all creatures, 39, 5; Fox 218, 30: 39, 5; Fox 220, 1, 2: 39, 6; Fox 220, 11. Be ðam godcundan fóreþonce, -- se godcunda fóreþonc stýreþ ðone ródor and ða tunglu with respect to divine providence, -- the divine providence rules the sky and the stars, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 3-7. fore-þonc