Forþ-gesceaft

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - forþ-gesceaft

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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forþ-gesceaft
f. I. the created things, creation, world; creātūra, res creātæ, mundus :-- Fyrn forþgesceaft Fæder ealle bewát the Father guards all the ancient creation, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 4; Rä. 81, 9: 92 b; Th. 346, 24; Sch. 3. II. the future world, state, or condition; stătus fŭtūrus :-- Is seó forþgesceaft dígol and dyrne the future condition is dark and secret, Menol. Fox 584; Gn. C. 61. He ða forþgesceaft forgyteþ and forgýmeþ he forgets and neglects the future state, Beo. Th. 3505; B. 1750: Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 20; Fä. 56. Ðæt ic an forþgesceaft feran móte that I may come to a future state, Ps. C. 50, 52; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 52. forþ-gesceaft
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