单词 | aforeward |
释义 | aforewardadv.prep. Now rare (U.S. regional in later use). A. adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb] aforeOE forneOE beforeOE aforewarda1200 afornonc1275 toforec1330 onwardc1385 bifornysc1420 forouth1487 ahead1568 afrontc1570 forwardly1578 anteriorly1598 foremostly1607 devant1609 forward1619 forward on1630 front-wise1774 vanward1827 out front1934 upfront1937 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > earliest or first of all foremostOE erstOE firstc1180 aforewarda1200 erstly1600 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adverb] > near the beginning > first in order firstlOE aforewarda1200 firstlya1475 firstlins1827 a1200 (?OE) Royal Charter: Edward the Confessor to Old Minster, Winchester (Sawyer 1062) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 218 Ic Eadward kincg luuelice an þa elmessan þæ Elfgyuu Ymme min moder geuþe him aforeworda & ealla his halgan into Ealdan mynstre of þan tunæ þe hatte Weregrauæ. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 105 Rihtwisnesse..wile ðat godd a-forewarde habbe his ȝerihte of alle his iscafte, and seððen aurich ȝescafte here rihte. a1300 Passion our Lord l. 189 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 42 (MED) Iudas com avoreward..Mid Gywes and oþer volke. c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 492 (MED) Noble was the parlement..For ther were, furst and aforeward, the Kyng and his sone. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 11944 (MED) So þat a voreward Þe bissop hii chose of baþe water giffard. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3379 (MED) Roland was þe furste of alle þat rod afforeward. c1390 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Vernon) (1892) i. 198 Ȝit a-forward [Harl. aftyrward] he [sc. Christ] let hym slo Wiþ so gret deþ-pyne and wo. 2. U.S. regional. Previously, in the past, before the time specified. rare. ΚΠ 1861 G. B. Cosby Let. 8 Jan. in Rep. Comm. Mil. Affairs (U.S. House of Representatives, 53rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) (1894) No. 1268 About a month or six weeks aforeward I received a letter from Mr. Guirot. a1929 W. E. Yager in D. E. Bailey Onéota (1961) 52 Below the Mahikans, east of the Minsis, were the Esopus Indians, famous half a century aforeward for their wars with the Dutch. In front of, ahead of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > in front of [preposition] toforea900 aforeeOE atforec1000 forneOE beforeOE forne toc1175 afornonc1275 forne an, atc1275 forouthc1375 aforewardc1380 before the face ofa1382 forwitha1400 forne inc1540 afront1558 ahead1578 in (the) front of1609 in advance1656 forward of1838 front of1843 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3923 Ac furst and afforeward alle Prykede a cosyn of þe Amyralle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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