forðsetennes

f (-se/-sa) A setting forth or proposing, a representation; A design, purpose, resolution, determination; In logic, the first proposition of a syllogism; A principal subject, theme; Still more generally, a proposition of any kind; In jurid. lang., a statement of a question of law; a case submitted for legal opinion; Esp. in bibl. lang., a setting forth for public view [propositio]