† forgarv.
Obsolete.
transitive.
a. To lose.
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the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)]
losec950
forgarc1175
letc1200
leese?c1225
forgoc1275
tinec1300
wanta1425
lessena1500
becosta1522
amit1525
perish1531
to make shipwreck of1588
to come short of1690
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17531 Þurrh whatt wass heffness whel forrgarrt. To dreȝhenn helle pine?
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14584 Mann kinn. Þatt all wass full off sinne. & all forrgarrt ȝæn godd.
a1400 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 344 This fellowship han forgard her grace.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 240 To lyue þer..& thenne enherite þat home þat aungelez for-gart.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 321 Hit watz for-garte, at paradys greue.
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b. To destroy, corrupt.
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