† herebefore Obs.
Forms: see before.
[OE. hér beforan, f. hér here adv. 16 + before adv.: cf. MDu. hierbevoren, MLG. hirbevoren.]
1. Earlier in this document; herein before.
| 805–31 Charter of Oswulf in O.E. Texts 444 Ðeara saula ðe hær beforan hiora namon auuritene siondon. 1340 Ayenb. 59 Ase we zede hyerbeuore. 1395 E.E. Wills (1882) 8 That this be parfourned as hit is writen herbefore. |
2. Before this time; before now; in time past.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 Beten for þat we hauen agilt her biforen. c 1320 Cast. Love 1329 Alle he ladde herbifore after his wille. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 726 As I ful ofte haue seyd thee heer biforn. 1486 Surtees Misc. (1888) 53 Kinges herbefor resorting unto the citie. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 8 Our fathers herebefore observed the same. 1613 W. Browne Sheph. Pipe i. (R.), Some privy thing now causeth this richesse, As did the ring herebefore I gesse. |