forby
Past; by; beyondPast; by; beyond.
Meaning
2 senses(Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal)Past; by; beyond.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal)Uncommonly; exceptionally.
He was forby kind.
Origin
From Middle English forby, forbi, of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, equivalenFrom Middle English forby, forbi, of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, equivalent to fore- + by. Compare Saterland Frisian foarbie (“beyond, past”), West Frisian foarby (“over, beyond, past”), Dutch voorbij (“beyond, past”), Low German vörbi, vörbie (“over, up, gone, finished, past”), German vorbei (“over, gone, past”), Danish forbi, Swedish förbi. More at fore, by.
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Forms
more forby, most forby| Comparative | more forby Lesson |
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| Superlative | most forby |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.