prep. Obs. Also 5 foragayne, 6 foraganis, forayenst. [f. FORE- pref. or adv. + AGAIN, AGAINST. Cf. FOREGAIN(ST, FORNENST.] Directly opposite, facing.
1494. Fabyan, Chron., VI. clxxx. 178. Whan Edwarde had reconciled thyse foresayd townes, he thanne buylded a newe towne, for agayne the olde towne of Notyngham.
1506. Will of Wyttylbury (Somerset Ho.). Forayenst the place where my fader lieth.
1577–87. Holinshed, Chron., I. 178/1. A partition of the realme was made, and that part that lieth fore against France, was assigned to Edmund, and the other fell to Cnute.
1596. Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot., I. 87. Nathir to thay best partes in Albion in the Easte foraganes Irland.
1631. Heylin, St. George, II. viii. 312. In which their going to the Church, and at the offerings, and in sitting at the table, they goe and sit by two and two, every one with his fellow which is foreagainst him in his stall.
