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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ For-druȝe], v. to dry up, S; fordruye, pp., MD, CM; fordrye, C2. ([For- 1].)

[ 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-féran. ([For- 1].)

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