Old English · adverb
beforan
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /beˈfo.rɑn/
- Syllables
- be · ˈfo · rɑn (3 syllables)
beforan1 · adverb
Senses
in front
"Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 19, verse 4
Then he ran in front and climbed (lit. ascended) up on a tree. From sycamores that he saw him. For which he would go from there.
beforan2 · preposition
Senses
before, in front of
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 28:31
Your ox will be slaughtered in front of you, and you won't get to taste it.
Etymology
From be- + foran.
Descendants
before
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