A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1507-1508
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Forthward, adv. [ME. forth-, forðward. OE. forðweard. Cf. Fordward adv. and Furthward adv.] Forward; onward. —1375 Barb. v. 426.
He chesit forthward to travale 1375 Ib. xvi. 264.
Syne thai went forthwarde in the land a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 512.
The fend fare wyth thé forthward our the fellis
