An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

FORSCOMFIST, part. pa.
1. Overcome with heat, S.
V. [Scomfist].
2. Nearly suffocated by a bad smell, S.

To FORSET, v. a.
1. To overpower with work, S.
2. To surfeit, S.

Teut. ver-saet-en, obsaturare.

Forset, s.
1. The act of overpowering, S.
2. A surfeit, S.

FORSEL, s. A matt for defending a horse's back, Orkn.

Su. G. foer, before, and Isl. sile, the handle of the dorsets.

FORSY, FORCY, FORSS, adj. Powerful. Superl. forseast.
Wallace.

FORSLITTIN, part. pa. L. forflittin, scolded to excess.
Philotus.

To FORSPEAK, v. a.
1. To injure, according to vulgar superstition, by immoderate praise, S. O. E.
Gl. Sibb.
2. To consecrate by charms.

Hence, Fore-spoken water, Orkn.