[f. FORE- pref. + WORD. Cf. Ger. vorwort.] A word said before something else; hence, an introduction, a preface.
1842. Dasent, trans. Prose or Younger Edda, Preface, p. v.–vi. The Translator wishes to say that he has felt no hesitation in placing the ‘Foreword to the Edda’ … at the end of the volume.
1868. Furnivall (title), The Babees Book, etc. … with some Forewords on Education in early England.
1879. K. Blind, Discovery of Odinic Songs in Shetland, in 19th Cent., V. June, 1092. After these few fore-words I will first quote the letter.
1888. Besant, Inner House, v. All the dancing, courting, pretty speeches, and tender looks, meant only the fore-words of Love in earnest.
