adv. and prep. Sc. Obs. Also 4 forrouth, 4–5 forow(e)th. [app. a var. of FORWITH; cf. Sc. (Barbour) owtouth = out with. Perhaps FORROW is a shortened form of this.]
A. adv. a. Of position: In front. b. Of direction: Forward. c. Of time: Before, beforehand.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, VI. 202. Ta Fifty weill Armyt, and forouth ga. Ibid., XIV. 242. The erll Thomas wes forrouth ay. Ibid., XVI. 504. As ȝe forrouth herd me tell.
B. prep. Of time or place: Before.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, I. 161.
| I sall als frely in all thing | |
| Hald It, as It afferis to king; | |
| Or as myn eldris forouch [sic MS.: ? read forouth] me. | |
| Ibid., XI. 341. | |
| And evyn forrouth hym suld ga | |
| The vaward. |
c. 1375. Sc. Troy-bk., II. 722.
| At Thenadone the Gregeois swyth | |
| Aryvede weill with all þare thynge | |
| A litill foroweth þe evennynge. |
1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. xxxviii. 134.
| Ðai gaddryd þame all … | |
| And schupe þame forowth þame to be. |
