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▪ I. forth, adv., prep., and n.|fɔəθ|
Forms: 1 forð, forþ, (fordh, forht), 3–4 south. vorth, 3–6 forthe, (3 ford, 4 ferth, forgh), 4–6 furth(e, (5 firth), 5–6 fourthe, 6–7 forrth.
[OE. forð = OFris., OS. forth (Du. voort), MHG. vort (mod.Ger. fort):—OTeut. *furþo- (represented also in Goth. faurþis further):—pre-Teut. *pŕto-, a derivative with suffix -to- of the root which appears in fore adv.
Criticized as obsolete by Gray in letter to Dr. Beattie 8 Mar. 1771.]
A. adv.
1. Of movement or direction: Forwards; opposed to backwards. Obs. exc. in back and forth, now only U.S. (? or dial.) = ‘backwards and forwards’. † Also, with ellipsis of go. Cf. 6 b.
c1000ælfric Josh. viii. 20 [Hi] ne mihton ðanon fleon, ne forþ ne underbæc. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 155 Þat riȝtwisnesse may not forþ in her vertuouse lyuynge. c1430Hymns Virg. 97 While riȝt schal forþ, & no mercie. 1535Coverdale Ezra v. 8 Y⊇ worke goeth fast forth. 1543T. Basil in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. l. 383 If his grace go forth as he hath begun, he shall [etc.]. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. V (an. 3) 49 Eche armye..beyng in open sight..every man cried furth, furth. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. ii. 189 Then forth, deare Countreymen. 1607Dekker & Webster Northw. Hoe i. i, Forth, Son. 1613T. Jackson Apost. Creede i. 196 Lengthning the time by..vnnecessarie turnings, backe and forth. 1839[see back adv. 14]. 1882Macm. Mag. XLVI. 203 Back and forth her needle goes.
†b. Expressing promptitude or eagerness for action. to set (a person) forth: to urge forward. to make oneself forth: to bestir oneself, prepare.
c1470Henry Wallace iv. 482 To tak him in thai maid thaim redy ford. Ibid. viii. 752 The knycht Cambell..At the north ȝett, and Ramsay maid thaim ford. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 67 Good will settyng me forthe with the foremost: I can not chuse but write. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 209 In euerie Camp the proudest man armait His pray was ay, and maid him euer ford.
†2. Onwards from a specified point; continuously in one direction; without deviation or interruption. So right forth (see right a.); forth on.
847Charter æthelwulf in O.E. Texts 434 From ðæm stane forð on ðone herepað on ðone dic. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 171 Fram þe on ende of engelond vorþ to þe other end. 1424E.E. Wills (1882) 61 And þanne forth as hit is a-fore declared. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 292 The seconde parte, that ys from Laudamus te furthe to the ende. 1535Coverdale Ezek. vi. 14 From the wildernesse off Deblat forth.
†b. Appended to another adv., giving the additional notion of ‘for some distance in the specified direction, everywhere in the specified locality’, as beneath-forth, within-forth, without-forth (for quots. see those words); also about-forth, for some distance round; otherwise forth, in all other respects. Obs.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 223 Whanne þou wolt kutte þis enpostym, þou schalt but kutte abouteforþ in þe skyn. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1955/2 He would..not onelie restore him to his former libertie, but otherwise forth be readie to pleasure him.
†c. In early ME. forth mid, later forth with = ‘along with’. Also absol., along with him, them, etc.: at the same time with something else.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 117 Þenne losiað fele saulen and he seolf forð mid for his ȝemeleste. Ibid. 123 Þenne bið he gredi þes eses and forswoleȝeð þene hoc forð mid þan ese. a1200Moral Ode 90 in E.E.P. (1862) 28 To heuenriche he scullen, ford mid vre drihte. c1325Know Thyself 95 ibid. 132 Amende þe mon euene forþ mydde. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋345 There is also costlewe furringe in hir gounes..forth with the superfluitee in lengthe of the forseide gownes. 1460Lybeaus Disc. 1474 (Kaluza) Forþ wiþ þe scholder bon His riȝt arm fell anoon Into þe feld.
†d. forth with that: at the same moment that. Cf. forthwithal and forthwith. Obs.
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 A iv, The ende of the bathynge..shalbe forth with that the partycle becometh ruddy and ryse in a lumpe.
3. Of extent in time: Onwards, immediately afterwards and continuously. Now only in phrases from this time (day, etc.) forth (somewhat arch.), and in combs. henceforth, thenceforth, etc. † always forth: continually, ever more and more, so ever forth, aye forth (OE. á forð), for which see ever, aye.
a700Epinal Gloss. 529 In dies crudesceret: a fordh. c1230Hali Meid. 25 Þat laðliche beast leaueð & last forð. a1300Cursor M. 3758 In dew and gress sere o þorth Sal be þi blissing fra no forth. a1450Le Morte Arth. 1668 In the castelle thay gan forthe lende. 1535Coverdale Haggai ii. 10 Considre then from this daye forth. 1559Fecknam in Strype Ann. Ref. I. App. ix. 24 Which of them bothe is..allwayes forth one and agreeable with it self. 1577Holinshed Scot. Chron. I. 394/2 The King..assigned hir foorth sufficient reuenewes. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. iv. iii. 48 From this day forth, Ile vse you for my Mirth. 1611Bible Ps. cxiii. 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord: from this time forth. 1850Dickens Child's Dream Star, Househ. Wds. I. 25 From that hour forth, the child looked out upon the star as on the Home he was to go to.
†b. Expressing continuity or progressiveness of action; joined to a verb, and giving the sense ‘to go on doing’ what the verb denotes. Cf. on. Obs.
Beowulf (Z.) 948 Heald forð tela niwe sibbe! O.E. Chron. an. 534 (Laud MS.) Cynric..rixade forþ xxvi wintra. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6576 Þat water dude uorþ is kunde & wax euere uaste. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1725) 174 If he forth has grace, as he now bigynnes. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 135 Possessioners may holden forþe here seculer lordischipis. 1399Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 371 Beholde the book onys..and if ȝe savere sum delle, se it fforth overe. 1428E.E. Wills (1882) 81, I woll that myne Executours..parfourme forth my deuouaciouns forth as I was wonte. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 7 b, Pray him of his merci he wol kepe you forthe. 1542Recorde Gr. Artes C iv b, Whiche, after you haue well practysed, then maie you learne forth. 1563Homilies ii. Agst. Idolatry iii. (1859) 216 If you read on forth, it expoundeth itself. a1615Brieue Cron. Erlis of Ross (1850) 17 He bigged furth the Dortour. 1808Scott Marm. ii. xxx, Now, men of death, work forth your will.
†c. to make forth (long, longer): to protract.
1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Contexere longius..I might make forth this verse longer. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. ii. 149 The Boy Fideles sickenesse Did make my way long forth.
†d. Further, moreover, also. Obs.
c1315Shoreham 9 Ne mede ne forthe no other licour That chaungeth wateres kende, Ne longeth nauȝt to cristendom. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 34 My lorde the kynge, and dere quene, and forth alle ye that here stande.
†4. At or to an advanced point:
a. of position or progress. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 374 Monie þet beoð ful uorð iðe weie touward heouene. a1300Cursor M. 11027 (Gött.) Elizabeth, þat wele forth stadd. Ibid. 11203 (Cott.) Þan was sco gan sua forth, þat mild, Þat sco was at hir time o child. c1400Mandeville (1839) xvii. 180 More forthe toward the parties septemtrioneles: it [the North Pole] is 62 Degrees.
†b. of time. forth days, nighte; forth in with even: late in the day, night, or evening. Obs.
a1300Birth of Jesus 576 in Altengl. Leg. (Horstm.) 91 Vorþ niȝte hit was. 1388Wyclif Mark vi. 35 Whanne it was forth daies [cum hora multa fieret], his disciplis camen. a1400Sir Perc. 825 Tille one the morne at forthe dayes, He mett a wyche. a1400–50Alexander 3055 Þen quen þai fange to ȝe fliȝt was furth in with euyn. 1470–85Malory Arthur xx. v. 804 Or it be forth dayes.
5. Forward, into view. Only with such verbs as bring, come, show, put, etc.: see the verbs.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xiv. [xiii.] (1890) 438 Þa teah heora oðer forð fæᵹre boc. c1050Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia VIII. 298, & forð stæpð wel orglice binnan feower wintrum. c1200Ormin 3078, & ec he droh þatt wittness forþ Off Ysayȝess lare. c1340Cursor M. 11988 (Fairf.) He..oþer childer forþ hit kid. 1388Wyclif 2 Sam. vi. 6 Oza helde forth the hond to the arke of God. 1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 3 b, A question is either a worde or sentence put foorthe, as when I aske what suche thyng is. 1692E. Walker Epictetus' Mor. xx, If tis nigh, Stretch forth your Hand, take share with Modesty. 1719Young Busiris i. i, This day the court shines forth in all its lustre. 1872Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes (1879) 159 Skiddaw, which stands forth in all its majesty.
†b. with ellipsis of come or go. forth with = come forth with, (come) out with, utter. Obs.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 139 He myȝte forþ wiþ no word. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utop. To Rdr. (Arb.) 19 To Imprintinge it came..against my wyll. Howebeit..perceauing therfore none other remedy, but that furth it shoulde.
6. Away or out from a place of origin, residence, or sojourn.
c1000ælfric Exod. xiii. 19 Alædaþ mine ban forþ mid eow. c1175Lamb. Hom. 5 Þat folc eode þar ford to processiun to munte oliueti. c1250Gen. & Ex. 113 Forð glod ðis oðer dais niȝt. a1300Fall & Passion 47 in E.E.P. (1862) 14 God is angle anon forþ send. c1400Destr. Troy 2984 Sho..Hade hom radly arayed for þe rode furth. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. v. ii. 104 Swinge me them soundly forth vnto their husbands. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 104 In form of Battel drawn, they issue forth. 1771Beattie Minstrel i. iii, Nor need I here describe..How forth the Minstrel far'd in days of yore. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos I. i. 5 The Vikings..sailed fearlessly forth.
b. with ellipsis of go. Now arch.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 81 Nu is þes deakne forþe. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 309 No lenger suld þei bide, bot forth & stand to chance. 1481Caxton Godfrey clix. 234 The goyng forth of therle of tholouse..caused them moche to haue the wyll forth. 1607Shakes. Cor. i. iii. 99 Indeed, I will not foorth. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. vii. iv, Maternity must forth to the streets. 1860W. Collins Antonina xii, The slaves..are forth to pursue me.
†7. Of position: Abroad; not at home; in the field; at sea. Cf. abroad 3 and 4. Obs.
14..Chalmerlain Ayr (Sc. Stat. I), Alswele induellande as furth duelland. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. ii. ii. 212 Say he dines forth. 1596― Merch. V. i. i. 15 Had I such venture forth. 1598― Merry W. ii. ii. 276 At that time..her husband will be forth. 1607― Cor. i. iii. 108 The Volcies haue an Army forth.
†8. In senses 5 and 6, the adv. was formerly used in many idiomatic combinations with verbs, where for the most part out is now substituted. Obs.
c1430Two Cookery-bks. i. 23 Coloure it with Safroun, an sethe an serue forth. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. Prol. 164 Furth quynching gan the starris, one be one. 1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 770 The fetching forth of this noble man..out of that place. 1584Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 16 Laid forthe by the foresaid churchwardens..vij s. vj d. 1593Tell-Troth's N.Y. Gift 34 New conceites are easly remoued but engrauen thoughtes will not be rubbed forth. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iv. iv. 98 Say, wherefore didst thou locke me forth to-day. 1593― 3 Hen. VI, ii. i. 12, I..watcht him how he singled Clifford forth. 1596― Merch. V. i. i. 143 To finde the other forth. 1611Bible Transl. Pref. 1 He gaue foorth, that hee had not seene any profit. 1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 280 If they finde them so doing, they will blow them [candles] forth. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 182/1 The Library Keeper is..to keep the Books clean, to lend none forth.
9. Phraseological combinations.
a. forth of = out of in various senses. Now only poet. or rhetorical, and only in lit. sense expressive of motion from within a place. In 16–17th c. occas. † from forth of. † forth of door(s, forth adoors: out of doors; see adoors. † forth of hand = out of hand, at once.
c1500Doctry. Gd. Servaunts (Percy Soc.) 8 Whan your mayster is forth of towne. 1513Douglas æneis iii. viii. 26 Furth of his eft schip a bekyn gart he stent. 1537Pole Let. to King in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. lxxxii. 203 There was never man..that by offence was forth of the grace & favor of God. 1552–3Inv. Ch. Goods, Staffs. in Ann. Lichfield IV. 51 Thes parcells followynge were stolne furthe of the sayd churche at Cristmas. 1564Haward Eutropius v. 51 They shuld be all slaine forthe of hande. c1592Marlowe Massacre Paris iii. iii, I'll..root Valois his line from forth of France. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 176 Humfrey Hower..call'd your Grace To Breakefast once, forth of my company. 1607Wilkins Miseries Enforct Marr. v, Off with your coate then, get you forth a dores. 1614North Riding Rec. (1884) II. 54 A woman presented for that she will not sell anie of her ale forth of doores except it [etc.]. 1622in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 212 Forth of his wayges..soe much money shall be abated. 1632Rowley Woman never vext iv. 59 My..Vncle [being] poore, I him relieving was thrust forth of dores. 1633T. James Voy. 61 Forth adores we could not go. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. i. 14 A Roman Hermit, whose Writings were translated forth of the Arabick Language into Latine. 1751Affect. Narr. Wager 63 He threw his Pistol aside, and came forth of the Tent. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) I. 49 He who is exiled forth of the land, endures his punishment at home. 1867Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 541 Flee from the foot of the lion..forth of his den.
b. and so forth. † (a) And then onwards; and then in regular sequence. † (b) And similarly (in the remaining cases); usually followed by of (OE. be). (c) Now used only (like and so on) in breaking off an enumeration, quotation, etc.: And the like, etcetera. Formerly also, † or so forth.
(a)c1000ælfric Gram. xxv. (Z.) 144 And swa forþ. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 473/400 To his schyp he wende: and so forz [read forþ] in þe se. c1340Cursor M. 6122 (Fairf.) At the kyng he first by gan And so forth slow beste & man. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 159 Moche murthe in Maye is amonges wilde bestes, And so forth whil somer lasteth her solace dureth. 1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. ii. lvi, If a line bee drawen by bothe their centres, and so forthe in lengthe. 1574Whitgift Def. Answ. iii. i. 9 Looke at the 2. Admonition especially, and so foorth, where [etc.].
(b)c1000Starcraft fr. Bæda 4 in Sax. Leechd. III. 250 And swa forð be ðam oðrum. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxx. 137 A Kyng es porter..anoþer sewer, anoþer marschall, and so furth of all oþer officez þat langes till his courte. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 3 Why an hympne ys callyd an hympne..why an Antempne is callyd an Antempne and so fourth of other. a1500Wycket (1828) 4 They spared not the sonne of God..and so forth of the apostels and martirs.
(c)1574–5Abp. Parker Corresp. (1853) 474, I toy out my time, partly with copying of books..partly in genealogies, and so forth. 1602Shakes. Ham. ii. i. 61 Videlicet, a Brothell, or so forth. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. i. 239 These were such as declar'd him a Heretick..a Profaner, and so forth. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 44 Some Jewels, abundance of Gold and Silver Twist, and so forth. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) II. 155 Coal beds..piscatory exuviæ, and so forth. 1841Macaulay Let. Napier in Trevelyan Life (1876) II. ix. 127 This lady..called the Marquis of Hertford ‘Earl of Hertford’, and so forth.
†c. as or so forth: as or so far, to such an extent or degree (as, that). Cf. far-forth.
a1000Ags. Laws, Oaths xi, Swa forð swa uncre word⁓ᵹecwydu fyrmest wæron. a1225Leg. Kath. 2304 Ȝef þu..wult greten ure godes ase forð as þu ham hauest igremet. a1225Juliana 15 Þat tu hauest wið ute me se forð þi luue ileuet þat [etc.]. Ibid. 47 And wurche his wil ouer al ase forð as imei. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 19 (Harl. MS.) Leseþ no tyme, as forþe as ȝe may.
B. prep.
†1. Forward to, up to, to the extent or limit of. Chiefly with even: see emforth, even-forth. Also in conjunctional phrase, forth that: until.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. §5 On cnihthade and swa forþ eallne ðonne ᵹioᵹoþhad. c1175Lamb. Hom. 91 Forð þet ic alegge þine feond under þine fot-sceomele. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 87 Forð þat hie understonden wurldes wit. c1449Pecock Repr. 52 The processis forth and afore the textis ligging. Ibid. i. xvii. 100 The processis forth and aftir, bifore and behinde, where thilke textis ben writun.
2. Forward, out or away from; out of, from out of. Now rare.
1566–75Painter Pal. Pleas. (1813) II. 114 In saying so, the teares gushed forth hir eyes. 1594Daniel Cleopatra ii. i, And forth her trembling Hand the Blade did wrest. 1595Hunnis Joseph 5 They stript him forth his party cote. 1670P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 231 [He] went forth his Desk. 1678Otway Friendship in Fash. v. (1736) 107 Discharge them of their punishment, and see 'em forth the gates. 1814Cary Dante (Chandos) 210 Never fire, With so swift motion, forth a stormy cloud, Leap'd downward. 1864Blackmore Clara Vaughan xxxiv, The brambled quarry standing forth the trees.
b. Preceded by from.
a1592Marlowe & Nashe Dido ii. i, Poor Troy..From forth her ashes shall advance her head. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. iv. 53 Let them from forth a saw-pit rush at once. 1671Milton Samson 922 That I may fetch thee From forth this loathsome prison-house. 1820Keats St. Agnes xxx, He from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple.
†C. n. In phrase, to have one's forth: to have outlet; fig. to have free course, to have one's ‘fling’. Hence (rarely) as independent n.: Free course, wide publicity. Obs.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iii. 153 Letteþ so faste, Þat Feiþ may not han hus forþ. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) viii. vii. 329/1 These men of lawe..for mede withdrawe them to..lette falsebede haue his forth. 1567Jewell Apol. 327 Wee..geeue God thankes, that.. hath published..the name of his Sonne in euery place..The foorth, and force thereof greeueth you nowe..as it did..your Fathers..that cried..All the worlde renneth after him. 1597J. King On Jonah (1599) 362 Thorough Propontis, where the sea is patent againe, and hath his forth. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxii. §8 The Church..was contented to let Donatists haue their foorth by the space of threescore yeares. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §32 Obstacles..which all must be done and voided before the Pope can haue his full forth.
D. forth- in composition. In OE. and ME. the combinations of forth adv. with vbs. are hardly to be considered compound words; whether the adv. precedes or follows the vb. depends on euphonic or other conditions which do not affect the sense. The agent-nouns, nouns of action, and ppl. adjs. corresponding to these verbal locutions were formed by prefixing forth to the verbal noun or adj. corresponding to the verb. In mod.Eng. compound vbs. formed with forth- are rare; but forth- is often used as a prefix in the formation of nouns of agent and action, and ppl. adjs. corresponding to the verbal phrases (compound verbs in sense but not in form) in which the adv. follows the verb. More frequently, however, the agent-noun, etc. is followed by the adv.; thus we have a setter forth, but *forthsetter is app. not recorded. For the formation of ppl. adjs. the prefix is the only means available; and in poetry from Pope onwards it is very common in pres. pples.
In some OE. and ME. words, forth- appears as a substitute for fore-: see forthfather, forthward, forthwith 2.
The more important compounds of forth- will be treated in their alphabetical place as Main words; those enumerated in this article are nonce-words or of rare occurrence.
1. Verbs; as forth-leap, forth-throw, and renderings of Lat. vbs. with pro-, as forth-cut, forth-follow, forth-look.
1382Wyclif Isa. xxviii. 24 Whether al day shal ere the erere, that he sowe and *forth kutten [Vulg. proscindet], and purge his erthe.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxviii. 27 [lxix. 26] For wham þou smate, *forth-filiyhed [Vulg. persecuti sunt] þa.
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 154 Mony ladde þer *forth-lep to laue & to kest.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxxxiv. 12 [lxxxv. 11] Fra heven *forth-loked [Vulg. prospexit] rightwisenes.
1557Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 195 To stay my life pray her *furththrowe swete lokes whan I complaine.
2. Nouns:
a. vbl. ns.; as forth-carrying, forth-flowing, forth-giving, † forth-living, forth-shedding, forth-shining, forth-stretching. Also, † forth-getting, a shoot, sprout; † forth-growing, an outgrowth.
b. nouns of action; as, forth-flow, forth-look, † forth-progress, forth-roll, † forth-speed.
c. agent-nouns, as forth-speaker.
1716in Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 137 The old..woman..died in the *forth-carrying.
1870J. Duncan Colloq. Peripat. 138 The *forthflow of the one life of the Universe.
1886A. B. Bruce Miraculous Elem. Gosp. vii. 258 The *forth-flowing of that love.
1382Wyclif Jer. v. 10 Doth awei his *forthgetingus [Vulg. propagines], for thei ben not the Lordis.
1887L. Parks His Star in East ii. 52 The creation of a father is the *forthgiving of a father's life.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 40 b, In the top of (the braunches of Lithospermon) is ther a double *furthgrowyng or a double thyng growing out.
c1450MS. St. John's Coll. Oxon (No. 117 fo. 123 b) in Maskell Mon. Rit. III. 356 Loke thi beginning of thi lif, care and sorwe: thi *fo[r]thliuing, trauail..and disese.
1865A. B. Grosart Mem. H. Palmer 45 A worn, wistful, sad *forth-look that is unspeakably touching.
c1475Partenay 3199 To thys *forth-progresse Geffray made redy.
1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. I. viii. 144 The noble *forthroll of the notes.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 254 His great effusyon or *forthshedynge of his blode.
1875E. White Life in Christ ii. xi. (1878) 121 The full *forthshining of the light came only with the Christ.
1873D. Fraser Synopt. Lect. III. 2 The prophet, or *forth-speaker.
1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clxix. 162 Which tydynges lettyd hym of his *forth spede in that iourney.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.) 69 *Forth-strechynge of þe membres makys stalworth þe body.
3. Adjectives and participles:
a. Pres. pples. and ppl. adjs., as forth-beaming, forth-flowing, forth-giving, forth-gleaming, forth-issuing, forth-standing; also † forth-werpand, casting out.
b. Pass. pples., as † forth-fet, † forth-sent; also, † forth-grown, brought up; † forth-straȝt, stretched out (= Lat. directæ).
1725Pope Odyss. xiii. 501 Nor longer in the heavy eyeball shined The glance divine, *forth-beaming from the mind.
c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 2440 Anon hys sone was *forthe fete And ladde ther he schulde dee.
1866R. S. Candlish 1st Ep. John xxvii. 306 Is all clear and open free and *forthflowing between thee and him.
1883Life Mrs. Prentiss ix. 290 She was peculiarly free and..*forthgiving.
a1835Mrs. Hemans Eng. Mart. i, Rolls like a furling banner, from the brows Of the *forth-gleaming hills.
c1400Test. Love i. Chaucer's Wks. (1532) 331 b, The cytie of London..in whiche I was *forthe growen.
1725Pope Odyss. xx. 181 To the sage Greeks convened in Themis' court, *Forth-issuing from the dome, the prince repaired.
1611W. Sclater Key (1628) To Reader, My desire was to haue *forth-sent them with greater company and better furniture.
1715–20Pope Iliad xiii. 93 As a Falcon..*Forth-springing instant, darts her self from high.
1866Blackmore Cradock Nowell xlvii, The pupils *forthstanding haggardly.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xxxix. 29 The weies of it to the weies of them ben *forth straȝt.
a1300E.E. Psalter xvi[i]. 11 Me um gaf nou me *forth werpand [Vulg. projicientes].
▪ II. † forth, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 forðian (also ᵹeforðian: see afford), 2–4 forthen, 3 Orm. forthenn, 5 forthe.
[OE. forðian, f. forth adv.; formally, it corresponds to L. portāre to carry.]
1. trans. To accomplish, carry out; also, to manage to (do something). See afford 1, 2, and 3.
O.E. Chron. an. 675 (Laud MS.) Hwilc man swa haueð behaten to faren to Rome, and he ne muᵹe hit forðian. c1200Ormin 212 Þu shallt ben dumb Till þatt itt shall ben forþedd. a1225Juliana 67 Forðe al þi feaders wil þes feondes of helle. 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 570 Of more make ȝe avaunt, þan ȝe mowe forþen. a1400–50Alexander 1774 Vnneth may þou forthe Þine awen caitefe cors to clethe, & to fede. c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 45 Alle that I say I shalle forthe.
2. To put forward, offer.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Vnderstonde we..his holie wordes, and forþe [proferamus] we him ure rihte bileue.
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