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▪ I. † forˈfare, v.1 Obs.
For forms see fare v.1 Cf. forfere.
[OE. forfaran (f. for- prefix1 + faran, fare v.) = OFris. forfara, OHG. fer-, for-, furfaran, Ger. verfahren.]
1. intr. To pass away, perish, decay.
O.E. Chron. an. 910 Hi þær mæst ealle siððan forforon. Ibid. an. 1091 Seo scip fyrde..æl mæst earmlice forfor. c1175Lamb. Hom. 141 Þet fole wes welnech for-faren drinkeles. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3018 To-morȝen, but he muȝen vt-pharen, Egyptes erf sal al for-faren. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 478 Thys lord the brwyss..Saw all the kynryk swa forfayr. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 951 They seynge her dwellyng so forfare, So fle away. 1494Fabyan Chron. v. lxxxiii. 61 marg., Thonge Castell..is now Forfaryn. 1578Scot. Poems 16th C. II. 178 This warld sall all forfair.
b. pa. pple. Worn out with travel, age, etc.
1393Gower Conf. I. 45 As it were a man forfare Unto the wode I gan to fare. 1460Lybeaus Disc. (1890) 1574 No kniȝt..Thauȝ he schold be forfard, Ne geteth her non ostell. 15..Merchant & his Son in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 142 For-faren wyth the fyre stynk. 1787Burns Brigs of Ayr 109 Wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfairn. a1810Tannahill Kebbuckston Wedding Poems (1846) 139 Though sair forfairn, He vows that he'll wallop twa sets with the howdie.
2. trans. To cause to perish, destroy.
a1000Laws Edw. & Guth. §11 On earde forfare [man] hy mid ealle. c1205Lay. 11454 Wulleð Romleode..foruaren vs mid fehte. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 158 Two busses wer forfaren. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. ii. 58 A worme had forfaren these pepyns and corrumped them withynne. c1450Bk. Curtasye 220 in Babees Bk. (1868) 305 Thre enmys..þer are, Þat coueyten alle men to for-fare,—The deuel, þe flesshe, þe worlde also. a1605Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 48 Make obedience In time, for feare leist I forfaire thee.
¶3. By Skene associated with F. forfaire, med.L. forisfacĕre. (See quot.)
1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Forisfactum, It is taken for fornication committed be ane woman..to fore-fair, or abuse her bodie. 1609― Reg. Maj. 39 Wemen..gif they forfair or abuse their bodies in fornication..sall be disherrissed.
▪ II. † forˈfare, v.2 Obs.
[f. for- prefix2 + fare v.]
trans. To pass along (a way, etc.) before others.
O.E. Chron. an. 897 For foron him þone muðan foran on uter mere. c1205Lay. 27373 What beoð þeos ut-laȝen Þa þisne wei us habbeoð for-uaren [c 1275 forfare]. |