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forby

adj
/fəˈbʌɪ/UK

Etymology

From 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.

  1. inherited from forby

Definitions

  1. Uncommon

    Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

    • He's a forbye man.

  2. Past

    Past; by; beyond.

    • To see the world and folk that went forby, […]

  3. Uncommonly

    Uncommonly; exceptionally.

    • He was forby kind.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Beyond

      Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.

    2. Near

      Near; beside; by, close to.

      • 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.

    3. On one side

      On one side; out of the way.

    4. Besides

      Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.

      • There was other six forby me.
      • [T]hey ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, gilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination; […]
      • "Put on your dress, ye shameless witch, standin' there in your pelt I'll take a strap to, for havin' the conceit out of you, forby your idling had lost me the sup of gin to keep the breath of life in me."

    5. With the exception of

      With the exception of; not taking into account.

    6. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA