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.

Formour, sb. former, creator, MD, PP; formeour, PP; formyour, MD, S2.—­OF. formeAr; Lat. formatorem.

Forn, prep. and adv. before, MD, HD; foren, S. Comb.:  forn a3*ens, over against, W.—­AS. foran; cp.  OHG. forn, ‘olim’ (Tatian).

Forn-cast, pp. forecast, C, CM.

Forneys, sb. furnace, C; fornays, MD; furneise, S; fornes, S2; fourneys, C2, C3; fornesse, HD.—­OF. fornaise; Lat. fornacem.

For-nimen, v. to take away, MD; for-numen, pp., S.—­AS. for-niman. (For- I.)

For-old, adj. very old, C. (For- I.)

For-pinen, v. to torment, MD; for-*pinede, pt. s., MD; forpined, pp., HD; forpyned, CM, P; famished, wretched, PP. (For- 1.)

For-priken, v. to spur violently; vor-priked, pt. s., S2. (For- I.)

Forray, sb. foray, B.

Forray, v. to forage, B.

Forrayour, sb. forayer, forager, B; foreyours, pl., PP; foreioures, PP.  Cf. Forager.

Forred, pp. furred, S2, PP; see Furren.

For-reden, v. to betray, hurt, wrong, S; forreaden, S; forradden, pt. pl., MD; forrad, pp., MD; forred, S.—­AS. for-rA|*dan. (For- I.)

For-Saken, v. to forsake, to deny, refuse, PP, S, S2; uorsake, S; forsoc, pt. s., S2; forsok, PP; uorsoc, S; forsake, 2_pt. s_., S; forsoken, pl., PP; forsake, pp., W2, PP.—­AS. for-sacan, to renounce, pt. -sA cubedc, pp. _-sacen_. (For- I.)

For-seon, v. to despise, MD; for-se, HD; forsest, 2 pr. s., S; forrse, subj., S.—­AS. for-sA(C)on. (For- I.)

For-slouthe, v. to lose through sloth, C; forsleuthed, pp., wasted idly, P. (For- I.)

For-sonke, pp. sunk deep, S3. (For- I.)

For-spent, pp. exhausted, Sh.; fore-spent, S3. (For- I.)

For-spreak, sb. an advocate, HD. (For- 2.)

For-stallen, v. to forestall, obstruct, PP.  See SkD (p. 805.) (For- 3.)

For-Standen, v. to stand for, avail; for-stod, pt. s., S.—­AS. for-standan. (For- 2.)

For-sune3*en, v. to be sinful, MD; for-sunegede, pp. pl., sinful, MD; forsinegede, S.—­AS. for-syngian, pp. forsyngad. (For- I.)

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