foreward

From fore +‎ -ward.

foreward (plural forewards)

1. (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], lines 403-404:

     My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot.

foreward (third-person singular simple present forewards, present participle forewarding, simple past and past participle forewarded)

1. Obsolete form of forward.

foreward

1. Misspelling of forward.

• farrowed, foredraw

From Old English foreward (“forward”), equivalent to fore +‎ -warde.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːrəˌward/, /ˈfoːrəˌwaːrd/

foreward

1. forward

foreward

1. forward

• forward

• English: forward
• Scots: forrit

• “fōr(e-wā̆rd, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “fōr(e-wā̆rd, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English foreweard, foreward (“condition, bargain, agreement, contract, treaty, assurance”), equivalent to fore- +‎ ward (“ward, keeping”). Compare Dutch voorwaarde (“condition, terms, proviso, stipulation”).

foreward (plural forewards)

1. agreement, contract, treaty, bargain, covenant; terms of an agreement; pledge or promise
   • c. 1390, Piers Plowman:

     Pers, I plihte þe my trouþe To folfulle þe Foreward.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 1475, John Wycliffe (attributed), An Apology for Lollard Doctrines:

     To tak or ȝef temporal þing for goostly þing of forþword or certeyn couenaunt, it is symonye.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• forward, forwart, forewart, uorwerd, uorewerd

• English: forward
• Scots: forward

• “fōr(e-wā̆rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• Mayhew & Skeat, A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.reˌwɑrd/, [ˈfo.reˌwɑrˠd]

foreward

1. alternative form of foreweard

foreward f (nominative plural forewarde)

1. alternative form of foreweard

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