† thereˈforne, adv. Obs.
In 3–4 þer-, þar-.
[app. an alteration of therefore, in imitation of words in -forne from OE. -foran, e.g. beforne.]
= therefore 1.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter xvii[i]. 3 Mi schelder..And mi fonger ai þer forne. Ibid. xxxi[i]. 4, I am torned in mi sorw þar forn, Whiles þat pricked es þe thorn. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1107, & quat chek so ȝe acheue, chaunge me þer forne. c 1400 Cato's Mor. 260 in Cursor M. p. 1672 (Fairf.) If þi gode be lorne Sorou noȝt þar forne To double þi harme. |