Forth-river


[fawrth, fohrth] /fɔrθ, foʊrθ/

noun
1.
Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
2.
a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 miles (187 km) long.
/fɔːθ/
adverb
1.
forward in place, time, order, or degree
2.
out, as from concealment, seclusion, or inaction
3.
away, as from a place or country
4.
and so on; et cetera
preposition
5.
(archaic) out of; away from
/fɔːθ/
noun
1.
Firth of Forth, an inlet of the North Sea in SE Scotland: spanned by a cantilever railway bridge 1600 m (almost exactly 1 mile) long (1889), and by a road bridge (1964)
2.
a river in S Scotland, flowing generally east to the Firth of Forth. Length: about 104 km (65 miles)
adv.

Old English forð “forward, onward, further, continually,” perfective of fore, from Proto-Germanic *furtha- (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon forth “forward, onward,” Old Norse forð, Dutch voort, German fort), from PIE *prto-, from *pr-, from root *per- (1) “forward, through” (see per).
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