† atforeprep.

Forms: Old English ætforan, Old English–Middle English ætforen, Middle English etforan, etforen, Middle English atforen, etfor, at vore, Middle English atfore.

Etymology: Old English ætforan , < æt, at prep. + foran in front, properly dative of for : see afore adv., prep., and conj.

Obsolete.

1. In front of, before.

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

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > in advance of [preposition]

atforec1000

forneOE

toforec1000

forouthc1375

forwitha1400

forrow1474

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 13 And sæt æt-foran ðam dóm~setle.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 41 Heȝe treon eisliche beor~ninde etforen helle ȝete.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 358 Hys baner, þat men at vore hym bere.

2. In the presence of, in the sight of, before.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > in the presence of [preposition]

beforeeOE

toforec1000

aforyenlOE

atforec1175

againsta1225

atc1275

aforec1330

anenta1382

c1175 Cott. Hom. 225 Rich[t] wis et-foran gode.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 229 Et-for har alra ȝesychðe.

1258 Eng. Procl. Hen. III §8 Ætforen ure isworene redesmen.

c1305 St. Lucy 79 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 103 Sire Iustise atfore þe.

3. Before in time or order. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > antecedence [preposition] > before

aforeeOE

toOE

toforea1000

atforea1250

forouthc1375

fornea1400

forrow1474

tilla1616

in advance1680

A1807

pre1960

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 101 Þeo ðet beoð her etforen i seid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	atfore
释义	† atforeprep. Forms: Old English ætforan, Old English–Middle English ætforen, Middle English etforan, etforen, Middle English atforen, etfor, at vore, Middle English atfore. Etymology: Old English ætforan , < æt, at prep. + foran in front, properly dative of for : see afore adv., prep., and conj. Obsolete. 1. In front of, before. 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 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > in advance of [preposition] atforec1000 forneOE toforec1000 forouthc1375 forwitha1400 forrow1474 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 13 And sæt æt-foran ðam dóm~setle. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 41 Heȝe treon eisliche beor~ninde etforen helle ȝete. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 358 Hys baner, þat men at vore hym bere. 2. In the presence of, in the sight of, before. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > in the presence of [preposition] beforeeOE toforec1000 aforyenlOE atforec1175 againsta1225 atc1275 aforec1330 anenta1382 c1175 Cott. Hom. 225 Rich[t] wis et-foran gode. c1175 Cott. Hom. 229 Et-for har alra ȝesychðe. 1258 Eng. Procl. Hen. III §8 Ætforen ure isworene redesmen. c1305 St. Lucy 79 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 103 Sire Iustise atfore þe. 3. Before in time or order. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > antecedence [preposition] > before aforeeOE toOE toforea1000 atforea1250 forouthc1375 fornea1400 forrow1474 tilla1616 in advance1680 A1807 pre1960 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 101 Þeo ðet beoð her etforen i seid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < prep.c1000
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