Before, for a bard (3)
I believe the answer is:
ere
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">before for a bard</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ere that I've seen before include "Old word for before" , "Before (literary)" , "Before (in time)" , "Before, poetically" , "Before (in poetry)" .)