"foretacen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈfo.reˌtɑː.ken/
Etymology: From fore- + tācen. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ang|fore|tācen}} fore- + tācen Head templates: {{ang-noun|n||head=foretācen}} foretācen n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|foretācn|nomsg=foretācen|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|foretācen|foretācnu|foretācen|foretācnu|foretācnes|foretācna|foretācne|foretācnum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: foretācen [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], foretācen [nominative, singular], foretācnu [nominative, plural], foretācen [accusative, singular], foretācnu [accusative, plural], foretācnes [genitive, singular], foretācna [genitive, plural], foretācne [dative, singular], foretācnum [dative, plural], foretācn [alternative]
  1. a presage; sign or token foreshadowing something
    Sense id: en-foretacen-ang-noun-xbegQnfr Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with fore-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with fore-: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. a wonder
    Sense id: en-foretacen-ang-noun-mlJtDgSu
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          "english": "That is the most of those foretokens that will ever be before or later showed to the men; there the whole crowd of angles and devils, bright and shining, would be mingled.",
          "ref": "10th century, Christ III:",
          "text": "Þæt bið foretācna mǣst þāra þe ǣr oþþe sīð ǣfre ġewurde monnum ōþȳwed; þǣr ġemengde bēoð onhǣlo ġelāc engla ond dēofla, beorhtra ond blācra.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfo.reˌtɑː.ken/"
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  "word": "foretacen"
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