Forbs vs Forby - What's the difference?
forbs | forby |
Past; by; beyond.
* 1899 , Richard Garnett, Alois Leonhard Brandl, The universal anthology :
Uncommonly; exceptionally.
Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
Past; gone by; over.
Near; beside; by, close to.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
On one side; out of the way.
Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
With the exception of; not taking into account.
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==Norwegian Bokmål==
to ban
to forbid
to prohibit
As a noun forbs
is plural of forb.As an adjective forby is
uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.As an adverb forby is
past; by; beyond.As a preposition forby is
beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.forby
English
Alternative forms
* foreby * (l)Adverb
(en adverb)- To see the world and folk that went forby , [...]
- He was forby kind.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- 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.
- There was other six forby me.
