† abeforeadv.

Forms:

α. pre-1700 obefoir, pre-1700 obefor, pre-1700 obefore, pre-1700 obfoir.

β. pre-1700 abefoir, pre-1700 abefor, pre-1700 abefore.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: of before at before n. 1b.

Etymology: Apparently < of before at before n. 1b, with reduction of the first element. With the α. forms compare of prep. and see discussion at that entry. With the β. forms compare a prep.²

Scottish. Obsolete.

Before, formerly.

ΘΚΠ

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

1431 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 523 To..end all thingis..that was noth endit o befor touchand the said landis.

1494 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 54 As thai breukit abefor.

1529 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 510 20 dayis abefoir.

1571 in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 126 Thingis demandit abefor.

1609 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1609/4/65 The landis..quhilkis wer abefoir unite, creat, and incorporat in ane haill and frie tennendrie.

1655 W. Guild Anti-Christ pointed & painted Out xvii. 170 That Epistle where hee deploreth the calamitie of the Towne of Rome cited abefore.

1688 in A. M. Munro Rec. Old Aberdeen (1909) II. 105 Haveing met abefore.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	abefore
释义	† abeforeadv. Forms: α. pre-1700 obefoir, pre-1700 obefor, pre-1700 obefore, pre-1700 obfoir. β. pre-1700 abefoir, pre-1700 abefor, pre-1700 abefore. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: of before at before n. 1b. Etymology: Apparently < of before at before n. 1b, with reduction of the first element. With the α. forms compare of prep. and see discussion at that entry. With the β. forms compare a prep.² Scottish. Obsolete. Before, formerly. ΘΚΠ 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 1431 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 523 To..end all thingis..that was noth endit o befor touchand the said landis. 1494 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 54 As thai breukit abefor. 1529 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 510 20 dayis abefoir. 1571 in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 126 Thingis demandit abefor. 1609 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1609/4/65 The landis..quhilkis wer abefoir unite, creat, and incorporat in ane haill and frie tennendrie. 1655 W. Guild Anti-Christ pointed & painted Out xvii. 170 That Epistle where hee deploreth the calamitie of the Towne of Rome cited abefore. 1688 in A. M. Munro Rec. Old Aberdeen (1909) II. 105 Haveing met abefore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.1431
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