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forþ

  • adverb
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Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]
Wright's OE grammar
§558;
FORTH, thence, hence, forwards, onwards, henceforth, further, still; inde, hinc, prorsum, porro, dehinc, deinceps, tămen
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  • Abraham eóde forþ

    Abraham went forth,

    • Gen. 18, 16: Num. 22, 35: Jud. 16, 30.
  • Alǽdaþ míne bán forþ mid eów

    efferte ossa mea hinc vōbiscum,

    • Ex. 13, 19: Beo. Th. 1229
    • ;
    • B. 612: Cd. 111
    • ;
    • Th. 147, 12
    • ;
    • Gen. 2438: Exon. 21 b
    • ;
    • Th. 57, 20
    • ;
    • Cri. 921: Elen. Kmbl. 2207
    • ;
    • El. 1105.
  • Forþ on leóht gelǽded

    brought forth into light;

    prolātum in lūcem,

    • Bd. 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 588, 37.
  • Teáh heora óðer forþ fægere bóc

    one of them drew forth a beautiful book,

    • Bd. 5, 13
    • ;
    • S. 632, 36
    • ;
    • 633, 5.
  • Gewát se dæg forþ

    the day was going forth,

    • Lk. Bos. 9. 12.
  • Hí ne mihton ðanon fleón, ne forþ ne underbæc

    they could not flee thence, neither forwards nor backwards,

    • Jos. 8, 20: Cd. 118
    • ;
    • Th. 153, 8
    • ;
    • Gen. 2535.
  • Cynríc rícsode forþ xxvi wintra

    Cynric reigned on for twenty-six years,

    • Chr. 534
    • ;
    • Erl. 14, 33.
  • Swá forþ swá he mihte

    as far as he could,

    • Bd. 3, 17
    • ;
    • S. 545, 16: 5, 21
    • ;
    • S. 643, 5.
  • Heald forþ tela niwe sibbe

    hold well henceforth our new kinship,

    • Beo. Th. 1901
    • ;
    • B. 948: Cd. 22
    • ;
    • Th. 28, 17
    • ;
    • Gen. 437.
  • Gif ðú forþ his willan gehýrsum beón wylt

    si deinceps voluntāti ejus obsecundāre vŏlŭeris,

    • Bd. 2, 12
    • ;
    • S. 515, 27.
  • He let ðæt forþ on his bósme awunian

    he let it still remain in his bosom,

    • Bd. 3, 2
    • ;
    • S. 525, 13: Cd. 17
    • ;
    • Th. 21, 7
    • ;
    • Gen. 320: Exon. 11 a
    • ;
    • Th. 13, 31
    • ;
    • Cri. 211.
  • And swá forþ

    and so forth, and so on,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 25
    • ;
    • Som. 26, 59: Homl. Th. ii. 198, 18: Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 8, 26
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 250, 7.
  • On cnihtháde and swá forþ eallne ðonne giógoþhád

    in childhood and then throughout youth.

    • Bt. 38, 5
    • ;
    • Fox 206, 24.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. forð
:
Frs. fort, ford
:
O. Frs. forth, ford
:
Dut. voort
:
Ger. fort
:
M. H. Ger. vort.
]
Similar entries
v. forþon = furþ-um, dat. of an old adj. forþ, furþum-líc,
Linked entries
v.  forþ-gelang forþ-onloten gyrd.
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