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Foray vs Forby - What's the difference?

foray | forby |

As a noun foray

is a sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

As a verb foray

is to scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.

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.

foray

English

(wikipedia foray)

Alternative forms

* forrey

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
  • A brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Bastian Schweinsteiger and Muller were among many who should have added the third, and City were limited to rare forays with the excellent Boateng pinching the ball off Aguero and Aleksandar Kolarov shooting wide in stoppage time. }}

    Verb

  • To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
  • *:
  • Thenne on a tyme the kynge called syr florence a knyght / and sayd to hym they lacked vytaylle / and not ferre from hens ben grete forestes and woodes / wherin ben many of myn enemyes with moche bestyayl / I wyl that thou make the redy and goo thyder in foreyeng / and take with the syr Gawayn my neuew
  • To pillage; to ravage.
  • forby

    English

    Alternative forms

    * foreby * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
  • He's a forbye man.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Past; by; beyond.
  • * 1899 , Richard Garnett, Alois Leonhard Brandl, The universal anthology :
  • To see the world and folk that went forby , [...]
  • Uncommonly; exceptionally.
  • He was forby kind.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • On one side; out of the way.
  • Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
  • There was other six forby me.
  • With the exception of; not taking into account.
  • ---- ==Norwegian BokmÃ¥l==

    Verb

  • to ban
  • to forbid
  • to prohibit
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