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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ For-pinen], v. to torment, MD; forpinede, 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- 1].)

[ 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-rǽdan. ([For- 1].)

[ 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. -sóc, pp. -sacen. ([For- 1].)

[ For-seon], v. to despise, MD; for-se, HD; forsest, 2 pr. s., S; forrse, subj., S.—AS. for-séon. ([For- 1].)

[ For-slouthe], v. to lose through sloth, C; forsleuthed, pp., wasted idly, P. ([For- 1].)