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Middle English
Etymology
fer + forth
Adverb
ferforth
- Far, forth; to a (great) degree or extent; advanced.
- In phrases:
- as ferforth; so ferforth: so far (as); as much or to as great a degree (as)
1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Mannes] Tale [of Lawe]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published , →OCLC, folio 127, verso:Alla gooth to his in / and as hẏm oghte
Araẏed for this feſte / in euerẏ wise
As ferfoꝛth / as his konnẏng maẏ suffiſe- All went to his inn, and he, as was his duty, had made preperations for this feast as far as his knowledge was able
- as ferforth as; as ferforth þat: insofar as, to the same degree or extent as.
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC,
folio cxii, verso, column 2:
Therefore was soueraynte ordayned to kepe, mayntayne, and defende her underlynges and her subiectes in reason, as ferforth as it lyeth in her power, and not to distroye ne confounde hem- Therefore was sovereignty ordained: in order to keep, maintain, and defend her underlings and subjects in reason, insofar as it lies in her power, and not to destroy or confound them
- so ferforth þat: to such an extent that
1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Nonne”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published , →OCLC, folio 166, recto:Thow maẏde and moder doghter of thẏ sone
Thow welle of mcẏ / sẏnful soules cure
In whom that god / foꝛ bontee thees to wone
Thow humble and heigh ouer euerẏ creature
Tow noblesest so ferfoꝛth oure nature
That no deſdaign / the makere hadde of kẏnde
his sone in blood & fleſſh / to clothe & wẏnde- Thou maid and mother, daughter of thy son; thou well of mercy, the cure of sinful souls, in whom God, for goodness, chose to dwell; Thou humble and exalted one, exalted over every creature; Thou ennoblest our nature to such a degree that God had no disdain of our kind to clothe and make his son in flesh and blood.
- thus ferforth: so far
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