Fore-sceáwung
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fore-sceáwung
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fore-sceáwung
- Add: (1) consideration, contemplation:--Foresceáwung consideratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 73: contemplatio, 134, 82. Þeós foresceáwung (consideratio) mid þám abbude is, R. Ben. I. 91, 13. Forasceáwung, 64, 13. Æfter forasceáwunga juxta considerationem, 37, 5. Foresceáwunge, R. Ben. 32, 11. Ne nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé fǽrlíce bóc gelæcce and þǽr bútan foresceáwunge onginne tó rǽdenne ne fortuitu casu qui arripuerit codicem legere audeat, 62, 5. Hé átihtincge his on Godes foresceáwunge gefæstnað intentionem suam in Dei contemplatione defigit, Scint. 28, 14. Sié hé for ealle úpáðened mid ðǽre godcundan foresceáwunge his inngeðances prae cunctis contemplatione suspensus, Past. 97, 24. (2) foreseeing, foreknowledge:--Ðá arn hé tó cyrcan búton his freónda foresceáwunge (his friends had no idea of his intention), Hml. Th. ii. 498, 29. (2 a) (supernatural) foreseeing:--Godcundlic forscáwung praesagium, i. praescientia l divinatio, Hpt. Gl. 466, 25. Hé ongeat ꝥ heó mid þǽre godcundan foresceáwunge onlíht wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 216. Án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. (3) forethought, foresight, providence:--Þæs abbotes hit sí on forascáwunga in abbatis sit providentia, R. Ben. I. 73, 11. Ðínum hǽse and foresceáunge tua jussione et providentia, Rtl. 98, 35. Foresceáuunge prudentia, 108, 25. (3 a) divine providence:--Hí wǽron gemynte on þám micclan dihte Godes foresceáwunge tó his sceápa getele, Hml. A. 70, 121. fore-sceawung