forgreithing

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) An act of making ready; preparation.
 * 2) * c. 1400, Northern Verse Psalter (Surtees Psalter) &#91;, Cotton Vespasian D.7 manuscript&#93;; published in, editor, Anglo-Saxon and Early English Psalter: Now First Printed from Manuscripts in the British Museum, volume I, London: J. B. Nichols and Son, Parliament Street; William Pickering, ; Edinburgh: Laing and Forbes, 1843, 832497574 :
 * Psalm 9:38 [now 10:17], page 27: Yernyng of pouer herd Laverd mine; / For-grayþynge of þair hert herd ere þine.
 * The Lord hath heard the desire of poor men; thine ear hath heard the making ready of their heart. &#91;; meaning "The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor; yea, thy ears have heard the desires of their hearts."&#93;
 * Psalm 88:15 [now 89:14], page 59: Rightwisenes and dome als-swa, / for-graiþinge of þi sete ere þa; / Milthe and sothness sal for-gan / þi face:
 * rightfulness and doom is the making ready of thy seat. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face; &#91;Wycliffe's Bible; meaning "Righteousness and judgement be the foundations of thy throne; love and faithfulness go forth before thee."&#93;