foretale

noun

Etymology

From fore- + tale; compare foretell.

  1. derived from *del- — “to reckon, count
  2. inherited from *talō — “calculation, number
  3. inherited from *talu
  4. inherited from talu — “tale, series, calculation
  5. inherited from tale
  6. prefixed as foretale — “fore + tale

Definitions

  1. An account or telling given as an introduction to a larger body of work

    An account or telling given as an introduction to a larger body of work; prologue; a prior or previous recollection or account of events

    • Mentioned in the ancient lists as Prime Stories, these short narratives were evidently foretales (remscéla) to the saga of Conaire Mor, the Great King of Tara, regarded by several clans as their ancestor.
    • The final foretale is a story of magical transformation with comic undertones, explaining how the two great bulls, the Brown and the Whitehorned, came to be.
  2. An account given in advance

    An account given in advance; prediction

    • One can gain further insight by looking at what “foretales/ prophecies” are, and how they are made. It is interesting to consider the very terms themselves, and their evolution through time.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foretale. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA