A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

For-dynnand, pr. p., filling with loud din, S3; foredinning, S3. (For- 1.)

Fore, prep, before, S; for, JD. Comb.:  for by, past, by, B, C2, C3; for gane, opposite to, S3, B; for outh, before, in front of, B; forowth, B; forrouth, S2, B; forrow, S2, B.—­AS. for, fore, in the sight of, before, Goth. faura.

Forest, sb. forest, MD; forestes, pl., PP.—­OF. forest.

Forester, sb. forester, MD; forster, C, PP, HD; foster, HD.

Foreyn, adj. strange, MD; foreynes, pl. strangers, PP.—­OF. forain; Late Lat. foraneum.

For-faren, v. to perish, to fare ill, PP, S2, G; forfayr, B; forfarn, pp. destroyed, S2.—­AS. for-faran. (For- 1.)

For-fered, pp. exceedingly afraid, C2, MD. (For- 1.)

For-feren, v. to perish, MD; forferden, pt. pl., MD; forferde, S2.—­AS. for-fA(C)ran. (For- 1.)

Forfet, sb. crime, forfeit, PP, MD.—­OF. forfet, forfait; Late Lat. forisfactum, forefacttum (Ducange). (For- 4.)

Forfeten, v. to do wrong, to fail, to forfeit, MD, PP; forfaiten, PP. (For- 4.)

For-feynted, pp. enfeebled, PP; for-faynt, S3. (For- I.)

For-freten, v. to eat away, PP ~; for-fret~, pr. s., PP. (For- I.)

Forgaf; see For-3*iuen.

For-gar, v. to lose; forgart, pt. pl., S2.—­Cp.  Icel. fyrir-gAra, to forfeit. For- I.)

Forgen, v. to make, construct, forge (of smith’s work), MD; forgeden, pt. pl., W2 (Ps. 128. 3); forgit, pp., S3; forgid, PP.—­OF. forger, forgier (Ps. 128. 3); Lat. fabricare (Vulg.).

For-geten, v. to forget, MD, S, S2; see For*eten.

Forgetil, adj. forgetful, H.—­AS. forgitol.

Forgetilnes, sb. forgetfulness, H.—­AS. forgitolnes.

For-gilten, v. to forfeit, to make guilty, MD; forgulten, MD; to harm, PP; for-gilt, pt. s., MD; forgulten, pl., MD; forgult, pp., S, MD; forrgilltedd, S. (For- I.)

For-gon, v. to forgo, S2, C3; forga, S2; forgoon, C2; forgoA deg., pr. s., S; forgan, pp., MD; forgone, MD, S3.—­AS. for-gAin. (For- I.)

For-heden, v. to neglect, pay no heed to, S2.—­From AS. hA(C)dan. (For- I.)

For-heed, sb. forehead, C; foreheued, MD. (For- 3.)

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