Fore-gangan

De acordo com o Dicionário de Inglês Antigo:

fore-gangan

Add: (1) to precede (in time):--Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hí hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and nú þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26. Gódra foregangendra (praecedentium) wera, 8, 20: 277, 10. (2) to take precedence of, rank higher than:--Ðes Ióhannes wæs mára ðonne ǽnig óþer mon búton Críste . . . ealle þá apostolas and martyras hé foregongeð, Shrn. 95, 11. [Goth. faura-gaggan.] fore-gangan