† forleadv.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To mislead, seduce.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > entice or seduce
forteeOE
fortihtOE
forleadOE
forthteec1200
seduec1485
seduct1490
seduce1519
suggesta1586
debaucha1595
mispersuade1597
society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > lead back
teachc893
forleadOE
to lead the wayc1175
kenc1200
dressc1330
lerec1330
guy1362
guidec1374
reduce?a1425
tell1485
way lead1485
arrect1530
reconduct1566
reduct1580
OE Beowulf 2039 Hie forlæddan to ðam lindplegan swæse gesiðas.
c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xlvii. 277 Seduco, ic bepæce oðþe forlæde.
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 1333 For hire workes beoþ so swete þat fale men [heo] for-ledeþ.
c1315 Shoreham 164 The fendes privé gyle The man for-ledde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† forleadv.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To lead forward, lead before.
ΚΠ
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxi[i]. 17 Þethen sal I for-lede [L. producam] David horn.
Derivatives
forˈleading n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > guiding, leading, or showing the way
lodec1175
leadinga1300
forleadinga1387
teachinga1400
guidingc1425
conveying1483
conducting1517
conduction1541
conduct?c1550
well guiding1577
pilotage1600
deduction?1615
piloting1663
guidership1849
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 29 By such forledynge [L. his præviis].
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