Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
FORE, _s._ path, trace of steps, D 110; course, track, D 1935. A.S.
_f[=o]r_.
FOREHED, _s._ forehead, B 4. m 7. 18; Fore-heved, B 5. m 5. 15. See
FORHEED.
FOR['E]STE, _s._ forest, A 1975; F['o]rest, 3. 363; T. v. 1235, 1237; L.
2310; H 170; For['e]stes, _s. pl._ forests, F 1190.
FORESTERES, _s. pl._ foresters, 3. 361.
FOREST-SYDE, wood-side, edge of a forest, 3. 372; D 990, 1380.
FOREYNE, _adj._ extraneous, B 3. p 3. 48, 53; Foreine, outer, B 1. m 2. 3.
FOREYNE, _s._ outer chamber (_or_ courtyard?), L. 1962 (see note).
FORFERED, _pp._ exceedingly afraid; _forfered of_ = very afraid for, F 527.
FORFETE, _v._ forfeit; Forfeted, _pt. s._ did wrong, I 273.
FORGAF, _pt. s._ of Foryeve.
FORGAT, _pt. s. of_ Foryete.
FORGE, _v._ forge, fabricate, 5. 212; I 610; _ger._ C 17; Forgeth, _pr. s._
A 2026; Forgen, _pr. pl._ work, I 554: Forge, _pr. s. subj._ C 14; Forged,
_pp._ 4. 201.
FORGETE; see FORYETE.
FORGIFT, _s._ forgiveness, L. 1853.
FORGIVING, _s._ L. 1852.
FOR-GO, _pp._ overwalked, exhausted with walking, HF. 115.
FORGON, _ger._ to give up, forego, (_better_ forgo), T. iv. 195; _v._ E
171, G 610, H 295; Forgoon, _v._ HF. 1856; Forgo, _v._ forego, give up,
leave alone, L. 312 _a_; T. iii. 1384; D 315; lose, R. 1473; Forgoth, _pr.
s._ gives up, T. iv. 713, v. 63; For-gon, _pr. pl._ B 2. p 5. 23; Forgoon,
_pp._ lost, B 2183, I 945; Forgon, _pp._ lost, T. iii. 1442; Forgo, _pp._
4. 256.
FORHEED, _s._ forehead, R. 860, A 154, 3310; Forheved, B 1. p 4. 91. See
FOREHED.
FOR-HOOR, _adj._ very hoary, R. 356.
FORKED, _pp._ forked, divided into two points, A 270.
FORKERVE, _v._; Forkerveth, _pr. s._ hews in pieces, H 340.
FORKNOWINGE, _pres. pt._ foreknowing, T. i. 79.
FORKNOWINGE, _s._ foreknowledge, B 5. p 6. 194.
FORLEFTEN, _pt. pl._ forsook, B 1. m 3. 2; Forlaft, _pp._ abandoned, C 83.
From inf. _forleve_.
FORLESE, _v._; Forleseth, _pr. s._ loses, I 789. See FORLORN.
FOR-LETEN, _v._ leave, forsake, B 3. m 3. 5, B 4. m 1. 16; abandon, B 3. p
5. 46; give up, C 864; yield up, B 1848; let go, B 5. p 6. 145; Forleteth,
_pr. s._ leaves, B 1. m 5. 21; loses, B 1. m 2. 2; abandons, forsakes, B 3.
p 11. 57; I 119; ceases, B 1. p 5. 24, B 3. p 11. 39; deserts, B 1. m 6.
15; Forlete, _pr. pl._ forsake, I 93; Forlete, _2 pr. s. subj._ give up, B
2. p 3. 62; _pr. s. subj._ forsake, I 93; Forleten, _pp._ neglected, B 1. p
1. 18, B 2. p 4. 118; abandoned, given up, HF. 694.
FORLIVEN, _v._ degenerate, B 3. p 6. 37; Forlived, _pp. as adj._
degenerate, ignoble, B 3. m 6. 9.
FORLONG-; see FURLONG-.
FORLORN, _pp._ utterly lost, L. 2663; F 1557; Forlore, T. v. 23; A 3505.
See FORLESE.
FORLOST, _pp._ utterly lost, T. iii. 280, iv. 756.
FORLOYN, _s._ note on a horn for recall (see note), 3. 386.
FORME, _s._ form, R. 1521; L. 1582; A 305; form, lair (of a hare), B 1294;
Formes, _pl._ shapes, L. 2228; A 2313.
FORME, _v._ form, C 12; Formed to, _pt. s._ formed (you) so as to be, 3.
716; Fourmed, _pp._ shaped, R. 1189.
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