Fore-þingian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-þingian;

fore-þingian

p. ode; pp. od [fore = for, þingian to plead] To plead for anyone, intercede, defend; intercēdĕre, defendĕre :-- Ic secge ðæt sió forespræc ne dýge, náuðer ne ðam scyldigan, ne ðam ðe him foreþingaþ I say that the defence does no good, neither to the guilty, nor to him who pleads for him, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 7. Foreþinga for synnum mínum intercēde pro peccātis meis, Wanl. Catal. 293, 28, col. 2: 294, 25, col. 1. Ne cweðe ic ná ðæt ðæt yfel síe ðæt mon helpe ðæs unscyldigan, and him foreþingie I do not say that it is wrong that a man should help the innocent, and defend him. Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4: L. Alf. pol. 21; Th. i. 76, 3: 24; Th. i. 78, 10. fore-þingian