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: 1487-1508, 1578-1585
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Furthward, adv. [e.m.E. (1541), var. of Forthward adv.] Foward, onward. — 1487 Brus xvi. 61 (C).
Thair wayis furthwarde [E. southwart] haf thai tane1487 Ib. 73. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 425.
Fra Etrike Forest furthward to Drumfrese Thow beggit with a pardoun in all kirkis a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxix. 21.
Furthward I went 1578 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 66.
We haue deliberat … to do and sett furthward all thing that salbe meitt for the furtherance off oure seruice
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