withouteforth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• with-oute-forth

Etymology

From withoute +‎ forth.

Adverb

withouteforth

1. without; outside; outwardly
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 10, line 172:

     ‘And with-inne the hertes of folk shal be the bytinge conscience, and with-oute-forth shal be the world al brenninge.’

     ‘And within the hearts of folk shall be the biting conscience, and outside shall be the world all burning.’

Coordinate terms

• withinneforth

Descendants

• English: withoutforth

References

• “withoutforth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.