Forby definition

fôrbī

Besides.

preposition

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

He's a forbye man.

adjective

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.

adverb

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommonly; exceptionally.

He was forby kind.

adverb

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.

preposition

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over.

preposition

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) On one side; out of the way.

preposition

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.

There was other six forby me.

preposition

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) With the exception of; not taking into account.

preposition

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Near; beside; by, close to.

preposition

Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of forby - forbye, foreby

From Middle English forby, forbi, of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, equivalent to fore- +‎ by. Compare Dutch voorbij (“past”), Low German vorbi, vörbi, German vorbei (“gone, past”), Danish forbi, Swedish förbi. More at fore, by.

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