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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

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

[ For-feynted], pp. enfeebled, PP; forfaynt, S3. ([For- 1].)

[ For-freten], v. to eat away, PP; forfret, pr. s., PP. ([For- 1].)

Forgaf; see [For-ȝiuen].

[ For-gar], v. to lose; forgart, pt. pl., S2.—Cp. Icel. fyrir-göra, to forfeit. For- 1.)

[ 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 [Forȝeten].

[ 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; forgilt, pt. s., MD; forgulten, pl., MD; forgult, pp., S, MD; forrgilltedd, S. ([For- 1].)