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† aforˈnens, prep. and adv. Obs.
[A combination of aforen (see afore) and aȝean, aȝen, again, in which the former word appears as aforn, afore, afor, and the latter as -ayen, -eyen, -yen, -eye, -ye, or (from the adv. gen. aȝenes) as -ayens, eyens, -yens, -ens. Those in -s are mostly northern. Cf. OE. foran-onᵹeanes: see fornenst.]
A. prep.
1. Over against, opposite. fig. Before, in the presence of.
1250Layamon 18529 Þar sat Vther þe king? in his heȝe setle. Aforneȝen him Gorlois. 1340Ayenb. 18 He is wel vileyn and ontrewe auoreye his lhord. 1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1139 The yondur house, that stent aforeyens us. c1425Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 899 Set ewyn a-for-nens Berwyke.
2. With regard to, in respect of, as concerns.
1340Ayenb. 24 Auorye þet bodi: ase helþe, uayrhede..Auorye þe ȝaule: ase clier wyt. Ibid. 129 Ysy hou þou art fyeble and brotel, and a-uorye þet body and a-uorye þe ȝaule.
B. adv. [obj. omitted.] Over against, opposite.
1388Wyclif Mark xv. 39 The centurien that stood aforn aȝens. |