Fore-þeón (for-)

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fore-þeón (for-)

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fore-þeón (for-)
to excel, surpass:--Ealle wé sind gelíce ætforan Gode, búton hwá óðerne mid gódum weorcum forðeó, Hml. Th. i. 260, 26. Hú hé óþerne on hálgum þeówdóme forþeón mæge, R. Ben. 131, 18. Sé ðe lǽssan gife hæbbe, ne andige hé on ðám foreðeóndum, for ðan ðe . . . sume englas mid underþeódnysse óðrum hýrsumiað, and sume mid oferstígendre wurðfulnysse ðám óðrum sind foresette, 346, 32. fore-þeon for-
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