Fóre-wesan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fóre-wesan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fóre-wesan
- p. ic, he -wæs, ðú -wǽre, pl. -wǽron [fóre before, wesan to be] To be before, to preside; præesse :-- Ðyssum tídum fórewæs Norþan Hymbra ríce se strangesta cyning his tempŏrĭbus regno Nordanhymbrōrum præfuit rex fortissĭmus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 18: 5, 18; S. 635, 35. to be. fore-wesan