† herebeforeadv.
Obsolete.
1. Earlier in this document; herein before.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adverb] > mentioned above or previously
herebefore805
abovelOE
overc1485
supra1616
ante1688
therein before1827
hereabove1892
805–31 Charter of Oswulf in Old Eng. Texts 444 Ðeara saula ðe hær beforan hiora namon auuritene siondon.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 59 Ase we zede hyerbeuore.
1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 8 That this be parfourned as hit is writen herbefore.
2. Before this time; before now; in time past.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]
erea822
fernOE
whileOE
erera1000
whilereOE
onceOE
somewhile1154
whilomc1175
herebeforec1200
somewhilesa1250
yorea1250
orc1275
rather?a1300
erewhilec1305
sometimea1325
sometimec1330
at or in sometime1340
in arrear1340
heretoforea1375
fernyear1377
once upon a timec1380
behinds1382
beforetimea1393
of olda1393
erenow1393
umquhilea1400
erst14..
fornec1400
yore whilec1400
of before1402
late1423
abefore1431
beforetimes1449
whilesc1480
sometime1490
aforrow?a1513
behind1526
quondamc1540
in foretime(s?c1550
erstwhile1569
erstwhiles1569
aleare1581
erewhiles1584
sometimes1597
formerly1599
anciently1624
olim1645
somewhile since1652
quondamly1663
forepassed1664
sometimea1684
backward1691
historically1753
time back1812
had-been1835
when1962
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 Beten for þat we hauen agilt her biforen.
c1320 Cast. Love 1329 Alle he ladde herbifore after his wille.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 726 As I ful ofte haue toold thee her biforn.
1486 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 53 Kinges herbefor resorting unto the citie.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 8 Our fathers herebefore obserued the same.
1613 W. Browne Shepherd's Pipe i. (R.) Some privy thing now causeth this richesse, As did the ring herebefore I gesse.
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