Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Tofore — To*fore , Toforn To*forn , prep. & adv. [AS. t[=o]foran. See {To}, prep., {Fore}.] Before. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heretofore — /hear teuh fawr , fohr /, adv. before this time; until now. [1300 50; ME heretoforn, equiv. to here HERE + toforn, OE toforan (to TO + foran before; see FORE1)] * * * … Universalium
