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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†FORDARDS, adv., adj. Also -erds, -erts, -urts. Forward(s), ahead. Cf. Forthert.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 99:
Can ye expect to thram or forderds gang, That has been guilty of so gryte a wrang.Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas 18 and 68:
O guidness, Glennie, gif the tale waur true, That I ae fordurts month could but see thro'. Latna your forderts spirit wi' disdain Scorn my advice, or blaw't awa in win'.Abd. 1881 W. Paul Past and Present 42:
As things hae gane on sae far, we'll just need to lat them gang fordards.Abd. 1931 Abd. Press and Jnl. (19 Feb.):
We'll feuchter forderts i' the teen.

[O.Sc. fordwart, adj., adv., from 1513, fordwartis, adv., id., 1530, later variants of forthward, -wart, id., 1375, forthwartis, c.1420, O.E. forþweard, adv., id. The adv. form in -s has been extended to the adj.]

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