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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hyne-furth(e, adv. Also: hyneforth, hynfurtht, hynd furth, heyn furth, hin(e)furth. [Cf. ME. henneforþ, OE. heonon forþ.] Henceforth. Chiefly with fra.a. c 1380 Cal. Chart. Suppl. (Reg. H.) MS.
Sa that he hald thayme in fre blanchferme fra heyn furth 14.. Acts I. 11/2.
That fra hinfurth na man … presume to do suilk wrang 1425–6 Acta Conc. II. xiii.
His chancellare [etc.] … sall syt fra hyne furthe thre tymmis in the ȝere 1450 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 12.
That all the merchands fra hyne furth sell irne … be wecht 1468 Acts II. 92/I.
It is statute … that the mone haue fra hinefurth … a cours throw out the realme a1500 Prestis of Peblis 962.
Fra hyneforth now quhairfoir may not sa be? 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 266/1.
Fra hynefurth he … to bruke the samyn [lands] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xxiii. 39.
Ye sal nocht se me fra hinefurth [P. fro hennus forth]b. 1531 Fam. Rose 201.
The said Huchonis entres beand … at Vitsunday, … and hynd furthe till induyr yeirly and termlye c1475 Wall. (1570) I. 19.
Hyne furth [ms. hensfurth] now I will my purpois hald
