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† forˈvay, v. Obs.
Also 4 (Gower) forsveie, 5 forvoyen, -wey(e, -way(e, 5–6 for-, fourvey(e.
[ad. OF. forvoier, forsvoier, f. for(s)-, for- prefix3 + voie way.]
intr. To go out of the way, go astray; fig. to err, make a mistake. Hence forˈvaying vbl. n.
1390Gower Conf. I. 76 [MS. Fairfax] That þei be Duistres of þe weie Forþi if eny man forsueie [Pauli prints forswey] Thurgh hem þei be noght excusable (Also III. 224, 272, 275). 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. i. (1859) 2 Ther nys no pylgrym that goth so redyly but that oftymes he mote foruoyen. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. lxv. (1869) 207 Þe forueyinge of ooþere shulde ben warnynge. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour K vj, This yonge man forweyeth. c1500Melusine xix. 101, I was forwayed of my way to comme to lusygnen. 1508Dunbar Gold. Targe 204 As drunkyn man he all forvayit. 1513Douglas æneis iii. Prol. 18 Tharfore wald God I had thair eris to pull Misknawis the creid and threpis othir forwayis. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) iii. 15 Forvey no tyme, be reddy day and nicht. |