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
FORME-FADER, _s._ fore-father, first father, B 2293.
FORMEL, _s._ companion (said of birds), 5. 371, 373, 418, 445, 638. See
note on 5. 371.
FORMELY, _adv._ formally, B 5. p 4. 134 (Lat _formaliter_); T. iv. 497.
FORMER, _s._ Creator, C 19.
FORMER AGE, the Golden Age of old, 9. 2.
FORMEST, _adj. sup._ foremost, 3. 890.
FORN-CAST, _pp._ premeditated, T. iii. 521; B 4407; I 448.
FORNEYS, _s._ furnace, A 202, 559. See FOURNEYS.
FORNICACIOUN, _s._ fornication, D 1284, 1302, I 865.
FOR-OLD, _adj._ extremely old, A 2142.
FORPAMPRED, _pp._ exceedingly pampered, spoilt by pampering, 9. 5.
FOR-PYNED, _pp._ wasted away (by torment or _pine_), R. 365; A 205;
exceedingly distressed, A 1453; exhausted with suffering, L. 2428.
FORS, _s._ force, A 2723; _no fors_, no matter, no consequence, 3. 522; HF.
999; A 2723, B 285, C 303, E 1092, 2430, G 1019, 1357; _no force_, no
matter, 18. 53; _no fors is_, it is no matter, 5. 615; T. iv. 322; _no
force of_, no matter for, 10. 13; _no fors of me_, no matter about me, 4.
197; _therof no fors_, never mind that, 3. 1170; _make no fors_, pay no
heed, R. 1294; H 68; _I do no fors_, I care not, 11. 31; D 1254; _I do no
fors therof_, it is nothing to me, 3. 542; _doth no fors_, takes no
account, I 711; _what fors_, what matter, T. ii. 378; _what force_, E 1295.
'I gyve no force, I care nat for a thyng, _Il ne men chault_;' Palsgrave,
p. 566.
FORSAKE, _v._ deny, B 1. p 4. 106, B 3. p 2. 75; forsake, leave, B 3431;
Forsaken, _v._ deny, B 2. p 3. 51; Forsook, _pt. s._ forsook, R. 1538; T.
i. 56; L. 265 _a_; Forsaken, _pp._ R. 1498; L. 799; Forsaketh, _imp. pl._
give up, C 286.
FORSEID, _pp. as adj._ aforesaid, 5. 120; Forseide, _def._ A. ii. 12. 28;
Forseyde, _def._ B 2444.
FORSEINGE, _s._ seeing beforehand, foreseeing, prevision, T. iv. 989.
FORSHAPEN, _pp._ metamorphosed, T. ii. 66.
FOR-SHRIGHT, _pp._ exhausted with shrieking, T. iv. 1147.
FOR-SIGHT, _s._ foresight, T. iv. 961.
FOR-SLEUTHEN, _v._ waste in sloth, B 4286.
FORSLEWE, _v._; Forsleweth, _pr. s._ wastes idly, I 685.
FORSLUGGE, _v._; Forsluggeth, _pr. s._ spoils, allows (goods) to spoil, I
685.
FORSONGEN, _pp._ tired out with singing, R. 664.
FORSOOK, _pt. s. of_ Forsake.
FORSOTHE, _adv._ verily, T. ii. 883.
FORSTER, _s._ forester, A 117.
FORSTRAUGHT, _pp._ distracted, B 1295. Cf. DESTRAT.
FORSWERINGE, _s._ perjury, HF. 153; I 600; Forswering, C 657; Forsweringes,
_pl._ C 592.
FORSWOR HIM, _pt. s._ was forsworn, HF. 389; Forswore, _pp._ falsely sworn
by, L. 2522; Forsworn, forsworn, L. 927, 1259. From inf. _forsweren_.
FORTH, _adv._ forth, on, further, onward, 5. 27; D 1569, F 604, 605, 964;
forward, HF. 2061, A 856, B 294, C 660; out, 5. 352; continually, T. v. 6,
A 2820, F 1081; away, T. i. 118; still, 4. 148; _tho f._, thenceforth, T.
i. 1076; _forth to love_, i.e. they proceed to love, T. ii. 788; Furth,
forward, A. ii. 46. 5.
FORTHER, _adv._ more forward, A 4222; Further, A. ii. 43 _a._ 4; (go)
further, A 4117.
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