Middle English Dictionary Entry
abǒve-fō̆rth adv. (also as adj.)
Entry Info
| Forms | abǒve-fō̆rth adv. (also as adj.) |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
At or from the top; above, from above.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)92b/b : Hete..is somtyme cause of out puttinge aboue forþ [L causa euacuationis per vomitum].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)161/22 : Bitwixe þe viij boon & þe ix boon, diafragma is maad fast, for to bigynne tellyngis of boonys aboueforþ [L a superiori].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)14a/a : To ych arme 4 notable neruez: One bihyndefourþ, anoþer biforefourþ, anoþer aboueforþ [*Ch.(2): aboue; L superius], anoþer bineþeforþ.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)138 : In so myche is he departed fro..heuenly thinges aboueforthe.