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tó-foran

  • preposition
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Grammar
tó-foran, prep, with dat., gen.
Wright's OE grammar
§559;
Before.
of place,
in front of, in presence of,
preceding the case
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  • Ealle þeóda beóþ tóforan (

    ante

    ) him gegaderude.
      Mt. Kmbl. 25, 32.
  • Hé ða hláfas bræc and sealde his leorningcnihtum, ðæt hí tóforan him ásetton. Mk. Skt. 6, 41 : 8, 6.
  • Hé ðæt ylce gelæstnode tófoian ðam pápan,

      Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 19.
following the case
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  • Etaþ ðæt eów tóforan áset ys,

      Lk. Skt. 10, 8.
  • Ic næbbe hwæt ic him tóforan lecge

    non habeo quod ponam ante ilium,

      11, 6.
of time, previous to,
with dat.
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  • Tóforan eallum ðissum big nimaþ eów

    ante haec omnia inicient uobis manus suas,

      Lk. Skt. 21, 12.
  • Tóforan ðám Eástron,

      Chr. 1012 ; Erl. 146, 8.
  • Tóforan dam mónðe Auguste,

      1013; Erl. 147, 15.
with gen.
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  • Hit wæs tóforan dæges,

    Nar.

    16, II.
marking degree,
above, in a greater degree than
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  • Synfulle tóforan eallum

    prae omnibus peccatores,

      Lk. Skt. 13, 2.
  • Gé beóþ gebletsod tóforan eallum ódrum mannum,

      Deut. 7, 14: Homl. Th. i. 444, 30.
  • Assa is stunt nýten and tóforan óðrum nýtenum ungesceádwís,

      208, 12.
marking position or status,
superior to
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  • Ðæt hé sý tóforan ððrum mannum þurh his glencge geteald,

      Homl. Th. i. 328, 29.
marking preference
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  • Habbaþ eów tóforan eallum ðingum ða sóðan lufe,

      Homl. Th. i. 606, 16 : R. Ben. 55, 6.
  • Tóforan eallum þingum wé myngiaþ, ðæt. . . ,

      58, 7: Wulfst. 239, 17.
  • Tóforon. Bd. 42 ; Fox 260, 12.
  • VI. marking excess, over and above beside, beyond :-- Tóforan ðám

    praelerea,

      Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 234, 9.
  • Tóforon ðám oððe bútan ðám

    praeter illa,

    47 ;
      Zup. 270, 9.
  • Eall hit byþ oferflówendnyss and ídel tóforan ðisum (ðæt tóforan ðysum is)

    quod supra fuerit, supcrjluum est,

      R. Ben. 90, 5.
  • Swá liwæt swá tóforan ðám neádbehéfum belifen byþ,

      138, 16.
  • Salomon forgeaf ðære cwéne swá hwæs swá heó gyrnde æt him, tóforan (

    over and above

    ) ðære cynelícan láce ðe hé hire geaf,
      Homl. Th. ii. 584, 31.
  • For fela gewissungum ðe seó án hoc hæfþ tóforan ðám óðrum

    for many directions which that one boot has, and the others have not,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 40.
Etymology
[Piers P. to-fore: Ayenb. to-vore : O. Sax. te-foran: O. Frs. tó-fora.]
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