"forðum" meaning in Old Norse

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "forðum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "forðum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "fordum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "fordom"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "fordom"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "forþom"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "fordom"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "fordhum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "fordum"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*furi-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "formerly"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *furi- (“formerly”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*per-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "forth, over, across, through"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "forn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "old, ancient"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse forn (“old, ancient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology obscure, but ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furi- (“formerly”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”), whence also Old Norse forn (“old, ancient”), fjǫrð (“past year”).\nAccording to Stiles 2013 possibly from Proto-Norse *for þaim > *forþam with regular change of *-am to -um.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᚠᚮᚱᚦᚢᛘ",
      "roman": "forþum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "forðum",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "forðum (not comparable)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "for man is man's delight.",
          "text": "verse 47 of the Hávamál\nUngr var ek forðum, / fór ek einn saman,\nþá varð ek villr vega;\nauðigr þóttumk, / er ek annan fann,\nmaðr er manns gaman.\nYoung was I once, / and wandered alone,\nAnd nought of the road I knew;\nRich did I feel / when a comrade I found,",
          "translation": "for man is man's delight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aforetime, formerly, once, erst"
      ],
      "id": "en-forðum-non-adv-rCE6aA35",
      "links": [
        [
          "aforetime",
          "aforetime"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "once",
          "once"
        ],
        [
          "erst",
          "erst"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 6 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 1 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "who of old / did foster me.",
          "text": "verse 2 of the Vǫluspá\nEk man jǫtna / ár um borna,\nþá er forðum mik / fǿdda hǫfðu\nI recall ettins / born long ago,",
          "translation": "who of old / did foster me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of yore, in days of old"
      ],
      "id": "en-forðum-non-adv-ttwKI8ok",
      "links": [
        [
          "yore",
          "yore"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forðum"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse adverbs",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "forðum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "forðum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "fordum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "fordom"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "fordom"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "forþom"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "fordom"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "fordhum"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "fordum"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*furi-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "formerly"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *furi- (“formerly”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*per-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "forth, over, across, through"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "forn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "old, ancient"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse forn (“old, ancient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology obscure, but ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furi- (“formerly”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”), whence also Old Norse forn (“old, ancient”), fjǫrð (“past year”).\nAccording to Stiles 2013 possibly from Proto-Norse *for þaim > *forþam with regular change of *-am to -um.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᚠᚮᚱᚦᚢᛘ",
      "roman": "forþum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "adverbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "forðum",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "forðum (not comparable)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "for man is man's delight.",
          "text": "verse 47 of the Hávamál\nUngr var ek forðum, / fór ek einn saman,\nþá varð ek villr vega;\nauðigr þóttumk, / er ek annan fann,\nmaðr er manns gaman.\nYoung was I once, / and wandered alone,\nAnd nought of the road I knew;\nRich did I feel / when a comrade I found,",
          "translation": "for man is man's delight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aforetime, formerly, once, erst"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aforetime",
          "aforetime"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "once",
          "once"
        ],
        [
          "erst",
          "erst"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "who of old / did foster me.",
          "text": "verse 2 of the Vǫluspá\nEk man jǫtna / ár um borna,\nþá er forðum mik / fǿdda hǫfðu\nI recall ettins / born long ago,",
          "translation": "who of old / did foster me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of yore, in days of old"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yore",
          "yore"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forðum"
}