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† forne, adv., a., and prep. Obs.
Forms: 1 foran, forn(e, 3 foren, 3–5 forn, Orm. forrn, 4–7 forne.
[OE. foran (Northumb. fora), forne adv. = OS. foran, forana, OHG. forna (MHG., mod.Ger. vorne, vorn); f. root of for, fore adv.
The adj. appears to be an English development from the adv., and not an adoption of the ON. forn ancient.]
A. adv.
1. With respect to place.
a. Of position: In front, before the eyes; in or on the front, opp. to behind.
b. Of motion: Forwards, to the front.
a.a1000Riddles liv. 8 (Gr.) Wonnum hyrstum Foran ᵹefrætwed. c1380Sir Ferumb. 4361 Þat host abod behynde & forn. a1400–50Alexander 3925 Þis breme best bare..Before forne in þe fronte thre fell tyndis.
b.c1000Daniel 557 (Gr.) Þæt þæt treow sceolde telgum besnæded foran afeallan. c1205Lay. 26899 And ten þusend hehte aneouste foren wenden. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxii, He rode forne Brenning full hote.
2. With respect to time:
a. Formerly; in former time.
b. Thenceforward, in future.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2422 Þes wer forne þe freest þat folȝeð alle þe sele. 14..Trentalle S. Gregorii in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 80 For pynes thar hym dred non forne Of purgatory no of helle.
3. Prefixed to prepositions, and occas. to another adverb:
a. Prefixed to again, against, adv. and prep.: Right in front.
b. forne an, at: before, in front of.
c. forne in: straight before.
d. forne to: before, both of place and time.
e. forne on: right forward, seriatim.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 2 Farað on þæt castel þæt foran [c 1160 Hatton foren] onᵹen eow ys. c1200Ormin 553 Þeȝȝ tokenn eft forrnon To serrfenn wukemalumm. c1205Lay. 20120 Up bræid Arður his sceld foren to his breosten. Ibid. 23968 His hereburne gon to falsie, foren an his hafde. Ibid. 24032 Arður beh to þan ȝæte, forn at þere burȝe. Ibid. 29269 And foren to þære nihte fur þer on brohte. 1388Wyclif Mark xv. 39 The centurien that stood forn aȝens siȝ, that [etc.]. c1400Destr. Troy 7759 There met hym þis Mawhown..Euyn forne in his face.
B. adj.
a. Of place: Anterior, front.
b. Of time: Former.
c1440Promp. Parv. 172/2 Forne parte of a schyppe, or forschyppe. 1485Caxton Trevisa's Higden ii. i. 71 a, From the begynnyng of his forne dedes. 1565Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 340 It was true in Old forne yeeres, about twelue hundred yeeres agoe.
C. prep.
a. Of motion: Before, in front of, in advance of.
O.E. Chron. an. 894, Þa for rad sio fierd hie foran. c1000[see fore-run]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 51 Leofe moder swim þu foren me. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3541 Mac us godes foren us to gon. c1380Sir Ferumb. 3649 Þe kyng hem passede with-inne a wyle, Forn hem þe mountance of two myle.
b. Of position: Before, before the face of, in sight of. Hence of fighting: In behalf of.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3866 God [bad]..foren hem smiten on ðe ston. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 200 Gij stode forn him in þat flett. c1440Partonope 2172 To see hym dye me forn. a1450Le Morte Arth. 3211 Agaynste her fone I faught hem forne. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. Prol. 70 Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, The lisping gallant might inioy his wench.
c. Of time: Before.
a1300Cursor M. 22429 (Gött.) Forn domes-dai.
d. Of cause: On account of.
c1440Bone Flor. 67 To mykyll bale was sche borne, And many a man slayn hur forne.
D. Comb., as forn-cast v. = forecast v., to premeditate; forn-father = forefather; forn-goer, a predecessor; forn-had ppl. a., formerly possessed; forn-said ppl. a. = foresaid ppl. a.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 472 (521) He..Hadde every thing that her-to might avayle *Forn-cast. c1386― Pars. T. ⁋374 Malice ymagined, avysed, and forncast. c1400Test. Love i. Chaucer's Wks. (1561) 290 b, Enuie, forne⁓caste and ymagined.
c1340Cursor M. 9768 (Fairf.) Þe gilt Adam our *forn-fadir spylt. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 26 The worshyp of god ys songe..after the maner of oure forne-fathers.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 258/1 He hath lerned of his *forn goers whiche dyd that ought not to be forgoten. 1382Wyclif Judges xvi. 28 Lord..ȝeeld to me nowe the *fornhad [pristinam] strength.
1509Bury Wills (Camden) 109 My lord y⊇ abbot off y⊇ monastery in Bury *ffornseyd. |