Fóre-weard

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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fóre-weard
m. A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător :-- Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness, he then secretly led his army between the warders, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 95, 12. m. fore-weard

Related words: weard;

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