单词 | beforrow |
释义 | † beforrowprep.adv. Scottish. Obsolete. A. prep. = before prep. II. rare. ΚΠ 1529 in A. J. Warden Dundee Burgh Laws (1872) v. ix. 509 Ye toder halffe of ye saidis sowmes to be payit aucht dais beforow Sanct Seueranis day next. B. adv. = before adv. II.Only in verse. In later use in imitation of or allusion to the old ballad Leader-Haughs & Yarow (see quots. ?16901, ?16902). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) 86 Ȝe trest to find thame trew That nevir wes be forrow. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 2176 Sic [sorrow] in Scotland was neuir sene beforrow. ?1690 N. Burne Leader-Haughs & Yarow (single sheet) For many a place stands in hard case, Where Burns were blyth beforrow [rhyme Yarow]. ?1690 N. Burne Leader-Haughs & Yarow (single sheet) It must be faine with lower strain, Then it was wont beforrow [rhyme Yarow]. 1720 D. Lindsay Wks. i. 26 All Pleasure that thou hadst beforrow, Shall changed be in lasting Sorrow. 1852 North Brit. Rev. Aug. 295 Full many a place stands in hard case Where joy was wont beforrow [rhyme Yarrow].] 1889 J. Veitch Merlin & Other Poems 93 I've seen thee oft at winter tide, But ne'er so sad beforrow [rhyme Yarrow]. 1897 C. Deas Poems 20 Pain upon pain the landscape breathed Which knew my joy beforrow [rhyme Yarrow]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < prep.adv.1529 |
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