See foresecgan on Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "foresæġst",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "foresæġdest",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "foreseċġen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "foresæġden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "foresæġe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "foreseċġende",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "foresæġd",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past"
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],
"lang": "Old English",
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English terms prefixed with fore-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
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"english": "Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.",
"translation": "Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.",
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}
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],
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"say",
"say"
],
[
"beforehand",
"beforehand"
],
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"foretell",
"foretell"
],
[
"predict",
"predict"
],
[
"prophesy",
"prophesy"
]
]
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{
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},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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"to proclaim, announce, pronounce, declare"
],
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"proclaim",
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],
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"announce"
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"pronounce"
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"declare",
"declare"
]
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/fo.reˈsej.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fo.reˈsed.d͡ʒɑn]"
}
],
"word": "foresecgan"
}
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms prefixed with fore-",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "foreseċġan",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"form": "foreseċġenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
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"form": "foreseċġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "foresæġde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "foresæġdest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "foreseċġen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "foresæġden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "foresæġe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "foreseċġaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "foreseċġende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "foresæġd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "ang-verb"
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{
"categories": [
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"english": "Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.",
"translation": "Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to say beforehand, foretell, predict, prophesy"
],
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[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"beforehand",
"beforehand"
],
[
"foretell",
"foretell"
],
[
"predict",
"predict"
],
[
"prophesy",
"prophesy"
]
]
},
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"to proclaim, announce, pronounce, declare"
],
"links": [
[
"proclaim",
"proclaim"
],
[
"announce",
"announce"
],
[
"pronounce",
"pronounce"
],
[
"declare",
"declare"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fo.reˈsej.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fo.reˈsed.d͡ʒɑn]"
}
],
"word": "foresecgan"
}
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