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(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.

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  • “Eneste måten å effektiv kontrollere dette på er å lovregulere nett-tilbyderne, aka: pølseselgerne. Men til dette trengs større muskler enn de Norge har alene. Det er umulig å se hvordan dette kan sperres teknisk, ved at Norge vedtar lover. Og en kan ikke forby VPN. 2/2”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Det finnes aktører som ønsker å forby digitalt sexarbeid, og jeg trenger at folk forstår at konsekvensen av det blir mer full service sexarbeid, ikke mindre sexarbeid.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hva om en ektemann nekter sin kone å gå ut om hun ikke bærer kors. Skal vi da forby kors ved lov? Ulovlig tvang, frihetsberøvelse, psykisk vold, diskrimering etc er forbudt ved lov.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

He's a forbye man.
Origin: From , forbi, of or origin, equivalent to . Compare , , , , over, up, gone, finished, past, , , . More at fore, by. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommonly; exceptionally.

He was forby kind.
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