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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1581-1642
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For(e)-, Foirrinnar, n. Also: fore-, forrynnar(e, forrynnere, foirrynner, foir-, forrinner; forerunnar. [ME. for(r)inner (a 1300).] fig. A forerunner, precursor.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 79.
Als Hely wes for-rynnere Of juge that awful sal apere, Sa this Johne sal for-rynnare be Of hyme that sal ws sauf on tre 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 42.
The antichrist … quhais forerynnaris ar the Caluenistis 1581 Ib. 135.
Thai … ar the foir(r)innaris of the cheif Antichrist 1600 Misc. Bann. C. I. 152.
[They] were ay forrinneris of ane greater temperal judgement 1624 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 170.
Since that dearth [of corn] is ane foirrynner of scaircitie 1642 Edinburgh Testaments LX. 54.
Finding my selff havillie diseasit quhilk I tak frome God as ane foir rinner of death
