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1. fōr(e adv.

Additional spellings: fore
17 quotations in 3 senses
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Beforehand, previously. …

2. fō̆rn adv.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Before (in time), formerly, previously; forn-to, shortly before; forn-on, ahead (in time), henceforth; (b) forn-don, done earlier; forn-had, possessed formerly; forn-said, aforesaid. …

3. fōr(e-niht n.

Additional spellings: fore-niht
1 quotation in 1 sense
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The early part of the night. …

4. at-fōre(n prep. & adv.

Additional spellings: atfore, at-foren, atforen
22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) In front of; (b) in or into the presence of (sb.); at-fore isihðe, in (someone's) sight or presence; (c) in the sight or judgment of (God). …

5. afōre adv.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Forward in space, in front, ahead, in advance; (b) earlier, previously, formerly, before; beforehand; taken afore, anticipate (sth.); faders afore, forefathers; (c) in an earlier part of a book……

6. fō̆rhē̆d n.

45 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) That part of the human face between the eyes and the line of the hair, the forehead; (b) bon of the forhed, the frontal bone; folding of the forhed, the vertical fold in the center of the……

7. thē̆r-forn(e adv.

Additional spellings: therforn, ther-forne, therforne
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) With ref. to a specified circumstance, fact, etc.: on account of that, for that reason; (b) with ref. to a concrete object: for it, in exchange for that; (c) ?error for ther-from adv. …

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