† forthbyadv.
Obsolete.
= forby(e adv. 1b.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adverb] > past
forthbyc1386
herebyc1400
besidec1450
besides1619
past1790
pass1971
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Harl.) 340 What corps is [this] þat passeth her forþ by?
14.. J. Lydgate Temple Glas 230 Forth-bi as he doþ pace.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 84 b/1 Seuen deuylles..which slew all them that passed forthby.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 586 Thenne cam a pylgrym forthby.
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