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Charter Typology
Old English
Foreweard (Covenant / Agreement)
OE foreweard ('covenant, treaty, agreement') < fore ('before') + weard ('guard, condition')
A bilateral covenant or dispute settlement agreed between two individuals, families, or institutions, ratified by mutual pledge (*wed*) before witnesses at a public meeting.
Foreweards covered dowries, leasehold duties, grazing rights, and the surrender of disputed estates in exchange for life-interests.
“Dis is seo foreweard the Eadweald and Cynethryth geworhtan...”
S 1200 — Kentish Land Agreement
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