Obs. Also 5 Sc. forðward, forthwart. [See FORTH adv.] = FOREWARD sb.1
c. 1340. Cursor M., 13959 (Fairf.).
Þe Iewes wiþ þaire fals forþward | |
þen wiþ þaire fals tresoun & rede | |
þai soȝt ihesu to þe dede. |
c. 1470. Henry the Minstrel, Wallace, XI. 487. For thi manheid this forthwart to me fest.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., iii. 254.
As plesit him his fordward to fulfill; | |
Was nane that tyme mycht warne him of his will. |