forby

/fəˈbʌɪ/

preposition6

(dialect, no longer used) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
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(dialect, no longer used) in addition to someone or something, as well as
- There was other six forby me.
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(dialect, no longer used) at a place close to something, beside
- Those were the two sonnes of Acrates old / Who meeting earst with Archimago slie, / Foreby that idle strond, of him were told, / That he, wich earst them combatted, was Guyon bold. — 1590
(dialect, no longer used) Past; gone by; over.
(dialect, no longer used) without counting someone or something, except
(dialect, no longer used) On one side; out of the way.

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(dialect, no longer used) Past; by; beyond.
- To see the world and folk that went forby, […] — 1899
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(dialect, no longer used) Uncommonly; exceptionally.
- He was forby kind.

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(dialect, no longer used) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
- He's a forbye man.

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