forby
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English forby, forbi, of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin, equivalent to fore- + by. Compare Saterland Frisian foarbie (“beyond, past”), Dutch voorbij (“past”), Low German vörbi, German vorbei (“gone, past”), Danish forbi, Swedish förbi. More at fore, by.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
forby (comparative more forby, superlative most forby)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
- He's a forbye man.
Adverb
forby (comparative more forby, superlative most forby)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.
- 1899, Richard Garnett, Alois Leonhard Brandl, The universal anthology:
- To see the world and folk that went forby, […]
- 1899, Richard Garnett, Alois Leonhard Brandl, The universal anthology:
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommonly; exceptionally.
- He was forby kind.
Preposition
forby
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Near; beside; by, close to.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
- Those were the two sonnes of Acrates old / Who meeting earst with Archimago slie, / Foreby that idle strond, of him were told, / That he, wich earst them combatted, was Guyon bold.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) On one side; out of the way.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
- There was other six forby me.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) With the exception of; not taking into account.
Synonyms
- (near): next to
- (besides): beyond, on top of; see also Thesaurus:in addition to
- (with the exception of;): barring, except for, save for; see also Thesaurus:except
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fyrirbjóða
Verb
forby (imperative forby, present tense forbyr, passive forbys, simple past forbød or forbøy or forbydde, past participle forbudt or forbydd)
Related terms
References
- “forby” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse fyrirbjóða
Verb
forby (present tense forbyr, past tense forbaud or forbydde, past participle forbode or forbydd or forbydt, passive infinitive forbyast, present participle forbyande, imperative forby)
Related terms
References
- “forby” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle Low German
- English terms prefixed with fore-
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- English prepositions
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- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs