Fóre-settan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fóre-settan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fóre-settan
p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett To set before, propose, shut, close in; præpōnĕre, propōnĕre, præclūdĕre :-- Hí ða ylcan Eald-Seaxan næfdon ágenne cyning, ac ealdormen wǽron heora þeóde fóresette non hăbent rēgem iidem antīqui Saxŏnes, sed satrăpas suæ genti præpŏsĭtos, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 23. He fóresette on his móde ðæt he wolde cuman to Róme propŏsuit ănĭmo vĕnīre Rōmam, 5, 19; S. 637, 23. Hí ná fóresetton ðé on gesihþe his non propŏsuērunt te in conspectu suo, Ps. Spl. 85, 13: 53, 3. Gemétton [MS. gemettan] we us storme fóresette invēnĭmus nos tempestāte præclūsos, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 31. fore-settan
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