An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 316

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 316


FORPET, _s._ The _fourth part_ of a peck, S.


_Ritson._


FOR-PLEYNIT, _part. pa._ Worn out with complaining.


_Kings Quair._


_To_ FORRAY, _v. a._ To pillage.


_Barbour._


Fr. _fourrag-er_, to ravage.


~Forray~, _s._


1. The act of foraging.


_Barbour._


2. A predatory excursion.


_Wallace._


3. The party employed in carrying off the prey.


_Wallace._


4. The prey itself.


_Wyntown._


3. Advanced guard of an army.


_Wyntown._


~Forreouris~, _s. pl._ A foraging party.


O. Fr. _forrier_.


_Wallace._


FORRET, _s._


1. Forehead.


_Douglas._


2. Metaph., the brow of a hill.


_Douglas._


FORRET, _adv._ Forward, S.


_Ross._


_To_ FORREW, _v. n._ To repent exceedingly. _Forrwyd_, pret.


_Wyntown._


FORRYDAR, _s._ One who rides before an armed party.


Sw. _foerridare_.


_Wallace._


FORROWN, FORRUN, _part. pa._ Exhausted with _running_.


_Wallace._


FORS, FORSS, _s._ A current.


_Wallace._


Su. G. _fors_, cataracta fluminis.


_To_ FORS, _v. n._ To care.


_Dunbar._


Fr. _faire force_, id.


FORS, FORCE, _s._ Necessity. _Off fors_, _on force_, of necessity.


_Douglas._


FORSAMEKILL, _conj._ For as much.


_Stat. Dav. II._







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