An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language - Electric Scotland

FOR [280] FOR
FORFOWDEN, part. adj. Exhausted,
greatly fatigued, Aberd. ; synon. Forfouchten.
My breath begins to fail,
I'm a' forjowden.
W. Seattle's Tales, p. 13.
papistrie, though he does it just out o' forget." St. Su.-G. foerhafw-a, aspernari, contemtim habere ;
Reman, ii. 61. from foer, negat, and hafwa ; or, as Hire supposes, in
FORGETTIL, adj. Forgetful, S. B.
A.-S. forgytel, forgytol, obliviosus, Isl. ofergeotol,
Belg. vergeetelyk, id.
FORGETTILNESS, . Forgetfulness, Clydes.
R. Brunne uses forgetilschip, as denoting an act of
A.-S. forfylden is rendered, obstructus, Lye; and forgetfulness.
So
Dan. forfyld-er, to stuff. Thus the idea may be closed
kyng Philip with sautes on tham gan pres,
up as one is with cold Bot for a
;
as it is an apology for bad forgetilschip R. & he bothe les.
singing.
Dan. forfalden signifies decayed ; for/aid, an
engynes withouten kepyng a nyght.
Philip
R. Brunne, p. 176.
impediment.
FORGEUANCE, FORGENYS, s.
To FORGADER, FORGATHER, v. n. 1. To
Forgivenness.
meet, to convene.
" Sa mony personis that were committaris of
And furth sche passit wyth all hir cumpany,
the said slauchter sail cum to the merkat corss of
Tlie Troiane pefO\forgdderit by and by,
Joly and Edinburgh in thair lyning claithis, with ber swerdis
glaid. Doug. Virgil, 104. 38.
in thair handis, & ask the said Robert & his frendis
It is still used in this sense, at least in the So. of 8. forgiuance of the deth of the said Johne." Act. Dom.
The sev'n trades there
Cone., A. 1490, p. 153. V. KINBOT.
Forgathtr'd, for their Siller Gun
Forgenys, id., Aberd. Reg.
To shoot ance mair. Mayne's Siller Own, p. 9.
To
2. To meet in a hostile manner, to encounter ;
FORGIE, v. a. To forgive. This is the
improperly written common pronunciation in vulgar language,
foregather.
" O.
Sir Andrew Wood past furth to the Frith well
manned, with two ships, to pass upon the said "He saved me frae
Englishmen,
whom he foregathered withal immediately before witch. Forgie them that would touch sic a puir silly
being ta'en to Perth as a
the said castle of Dunbar, where they fought long together
"
body Waverley, ! iii. 239.
with uncertain victory." Pitscottie, p. 100.
FORGIFFYNE, s. Donation.
auld 3. It is now commonly used to denote an "We charge yhu straytly and commaundis, that
accidental meeting, S.
bute delay thir letteris sene, not agaynstanding ony
This falconer had tane his
relessing, gyft, forglffyne,
way
accordyng, we hafe made
O'er Calder-moor ;
and gawn the moss ony
up,
leeges of warde, relefe, marriage, or
He there foregather'd with a gossip.
ouy uther profyt fallyn to us, of the quhilkis the said
Samsay's Poems, it 536. Bischop and kirk ar in possessioun, or war wont to
hafe the second tende of, ye mak the
4. It signifies the union of two bischop be
"
persons in content and payit of his tende peny, &c. Lett. Ja. II. ,
marriage, S. B.
Chart. Aberd., Fol. 62. M'Farl. MS.
This term
And though for you sic kindness is borrowed from A.-S. for-gif-an, the
yet she had
As she wad you afore anither wed primary sense of which is to give ; concedere ; dare,
;
How
doiiare. Teut. could she think that grace or thrift cud be
ver-gheev-en. Germ, vergeb-en, condonare.
With ane she now does soe mansworn
For and ver are
see ?
merely intensive.
Fouk ay had best begin with dealing fair,
they aud forgader ne'er sae bair.
FORGIFINS, s. Forgiveness, Aberd. Reg.
Moss's ffelenore, p. 105.
Teut. ver-gaeder-en, congregare, convenire. FORGRANTSIRE, FOREGRANTSCHIR, s.
Great-grandfather. V. FOIRGRANDSYR.
FORGATHERIN, s. Meeting, S.
" You're awing me a pint o' gin for this forgatherin,
FORHOUS, s. A porch, or an anterior
"
the neist time your brig sails to Schiedam. Tennant's building, as referring to one behind it;
Card. Beaton, p. 32.
more properly Forehouse.
FORGANE. V. FOREGAINST.
"Quhen he remoife furth of
Aberd. Reg., A. 1538, V. 16.
the said forhous."
To FORGATHER,
v. n. V. FORGADER.
Teut. veur-huys, primae sedea, atrium, vestibulum ;
Sw./rAs, portal, gate-house.
FORGEIT, pret.
With that ane freynd of his cryd, fy
To FORHOW, FORHOY, v. a. To forsake,
!
And up ane arrow drew ;
to abandon, S. B. is
[Forhooie the form in
He forgeit it sa fowrwusly,
The bow in Senders flew Banffs.,
!
part, pa., forhooiet. V. Gregor's
Chr. irlr, Gloss.]
st. 9.
"Pressed, lal./ergia, in praet. fergde, fremere, compingere;"
But I am much thay/orAow and leuis waist,
Thare
inclined to think
And to the woddis socht as thay war chaist.
that it rather signifies to let go, let fly ;
from A.-S.
Doitg. Virgil, 220. 37.
forga-n, Belg. verga-en, dimittere.
Mind what this lass had undergone for you,
FORGET, s. An act of Since ye
forgetfulness,
S. A.
treach'rously forhmo.
Ross's Helenore, p. 104.
"The puir demented body has been kenn'd to sit In the same sense, a bird is said
for ten hours thegither black fasting, whilk is a' mere nest," when she deserts it, S. B.
"toforhow her