Fordays

/fɔːrˈdeɪz/ adverb or archaic noun

Definition

Archaic term meaning for days (on end); for several days continuously or in succession.

Etymology

From for + days (plural of day). An old formation where 'for' functions as a preposition indicating duration, contracted or compounded into a single word.

Kelly Says

Medieval travelers wrote 'they rode fordays' instead of 'for days'—the compound form suggesting an exhausting, seemingly endless stretch of continuous travel through unmarked wilderness.

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