Crossword clues for forby
forby
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forby \For*by"\, adv. & prep. [See Foreby.] Near; hard by; along; past. [Obs.]
To tell her if her child went ought forby.
--Chaucer.
To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the
sides of the city without let.
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
Wiktionary
a. (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior. adv. 1 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) past; by; beyond. 2 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) uncommonly; exceptionally. prep. 1 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover. 2 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic of time English) past; gone by; over. 3 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) near; beside; by, close to. 4 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) On one side; out of the way. 5 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention. 6 (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland archaic English) With the exception of; not taking into account.
Wikipedia
Förby is a village in Vormsi Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.
Category:Villages in Lääne County
Usage examples of "forby".
There were water-colours too, delicate pictures of pastoral scenes-Myfleet Mill, Forby Church, the river bridge at Flagford.
Now was ther thanne a justice in that toun, That governour was of that regioun, And so bifel this juge hise eyen caste Upon this mayde, avysynge hym ful faste As she cam forby, ther as this juge stood.
That oon of hem gan callen to his knave, "Go bet," quod he, "and axe redily What cors is this, that passeth heer forby, And looke, that thou reporte his name weel.