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(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover. / (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over.

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forby

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Source Word

forby

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fəˈbʌɪ/

Preposition

Northern-England Scotland UK archaic dialectal of time

Japanese Meaning

〜を越えて、またはその先へ / 〜を過ぎて、または（時間的に）過ぎ去った状態 / 〜以上、より多い / それ以上に、加えての意味

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The cottage stands forby the river, where the road dies out.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

そのコテージは川の向こうに建っており、道が行き止まりになっている。

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Sense（1）

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.

Sense（2）

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over.

Sense（3）

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Near; beside; by, close to.

Those were the two sonnes of Acrates old / Who meeting earst with Archimago slie, / Foreby that idle strond, of him were told, / That he, wich earst them combatted, was Guyon bold.

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