Part of speech: prefix
is prefixed to v-s and deverbal n-s 1) conveying the sense of: “before, in front of, fore-, pre-”; faurbigaggan “to go before; to precede”; faurhah “curtain, veil”; 2) having intens signification: faurbiudan “to forbid, disallow; to order”; faurdammjan “to hinder, obstruct”
Etymology
[← faúr adv; OE for- (cf Mod E forget, forgive etc); O Fris for, far; O Sax for-, far-; Dt ver-; OHG far-, fir-, fer- (Mod G ver-); O Icel for-]
