A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Forcere], sb. casket, strong-box, PP; forcer, HD; focer, HD; fosar, HD.—OF. forsier; Low Lat. forsarium (acc.), see Ducange.

[ For-cursæd], pp. utterly accursed, S. ([For- 1].)

[ For-cwiddare], sb. foreteller, S. ([For- 3].)

[ Ford], sb. a ford, passage, course, MD; forde, PP; forth, PP, S2; vorþ, S2; furth, MD.—AS. ford (OET.).

[ For-dede], sb. previous deed, S2. ([For- 3].)

[ For-demen], v. to condemn, MD; fordemde, pt. s., S; fordemed, pp., MD; fordemet, S; fordempte, pl., MD.—AS. for-déman. ([For- 1].)

[ For-don], v. to destroy, S, MD, S2, C, P; fordoon, S2; fordoð, pr. s., S, PP; uordonne, ger., S; fordude, pt. s., PP; fordede, S; fordeden, pl., S3; fordo, pp., PP; fordon, S; fordone, S3.—AS. for-dón, pt. -dyde, pp. -dón. ([For- 1].)

[ For-dreden], v. to frighten, MD; fordred, pp., S. ([For- 1].)

[ For-drenche], v. to make drunk, S. ([For- 1].)

[ For-dronken], pp. drunken, C3; uordrunken S.