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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Formen], v. to form, Prompt.—OF. former; Lat. formare.

[ Former], sb. former, creator, MD, PP.

[ Formere], adj. comp. former, MD.—Comb.: formere fader, ancestor, S2.

[ Formest], adj. superl. first, S, PP; furmest, S2.—AS. fyrmest (formest).

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

[ Forn], prep. and adv. before, MD, HD; foren, S. Comb.: forn aȝens, 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- 1].)

[ For-old], adj. very old, C. ([For- 1].)