See herefor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Middle English links with redundant target parameters",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Scottish English"
],
"glosses": [
"For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this."
],
"links": [
[
"this",
"this#English"
],
[
"instead",
"instead#English"
],
[
"consideration",
"consideration#English"
],
[
"view",
"view#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "obsolete outside Scotland",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete outside Scotland) For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "hîrfôrʹ",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɪəˈfɔː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "herefor"
}
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