Fore-secgan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fore-secgan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fore-secgan
- Add: I. with reference to the past:--Hé hí gefréfrode swá swá wé hér foresǽdon (as we have already mentioned in this narrative), Hml. A. 78, 138: Hml. S. 26, 169. Þæs Cýres sunu þe wé ǽr foresǽdon, Hml. A. 103, 24. Se foresǽda wiðerwinna the aforesaid adversary, 8, 210. Þæne foresǽdan praephatum, An. Ox. 2461. Foresǽde cempan praedictos tyrunculos, 3044. II. referring to the future. (1) of natural knowledge, to mention beforehand what is to take place:--Foresægeð (praenuntiat) eástro æfter tuǽm dógrum (cf. scitis quia post biduum Pascha fiet, Mt. 26, 2), Mt. p. 19, 18. (1 a) with the idea of warning or command:--Hé ðǽm inngeðonce his hiére-monna foresægð ðá diéglan sǽtenga ðæs lytegan feóndes intentioni audientium hoitis callidi insidias praedicit, Past. 163, 13. Ealle þá þing þe ic eów foresægde ꝥ gé dón sceoldon, Bl. H. 131, 34. Tó wæccenne foresægde ðǽm ðe nyston tíd tócyme his vigilandum praedicit nescientibus horam adventus sui, Mt. p. 19, 15. (2) of supernatural knowledge, to foretell, prophesy:--Ic hyt eów foresǽde (praedixi), Mt. 24, 25. Gé magon hyne geseón swá swá hé eów ǽr foresǽde, Hml. A. 188, 222. Úre Drihten foresǽde þá tóweardan frecednyssa, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 6: Wlfst. 151, 32. Hé foresægde hine ðrouende ipse praenuntiat se passurum, Lk. p. 6, 6: Mt. p. 17, 17: Mk. p. 5, 7. Þá wǽs gefylled ꝥ se wítga foresægde, Bl. H. 203, 12. Þá wítgan þe Crístes tócyme wiston and foresægdon, 81, 10. Is gefylled ꝥ ꝥ hí foresǽdon, Hml. A. 69, 91. Hyt syððan gelamp swá swá hí foresǽdon, 68, 67. Forestihtes l foresǽdes praedestinatae, antedictae, Hpt. Gl. 425, 22. III. to tell in the hearing of others, proclaim, pronounce, declare:--Geðiód-sumnise tó ðǽm fiónde on woeg foresægeð consentiendum adversario in via pronuntiat, Lk. p. 8, 1: 9, 12: 10, 2. Wordo his gást and líf foresægeð uerba sua spiritum uitamque pronuntiat, Jn. p. 5, 2. Foresægde, 6, 4. Óðero biseno foresægde him aliani parabolam proposuit illis, Mt. L. 13, 24, 31. III a. to preach:--Foresægdon ꝥ hreáwnise dédon praedicabant ut paenitentiam agerent, Mk. L. 6, 12. fore-secgan