forˈworden, ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial.
Also irreg. 3 Orm. forwurrþenn(-like), forworthyn, 9 dial. forwoden.
[OE. forworden, pa. pple. of forweorðan: see forworth v.]
Perished, gone to ruin. Hence (Orm.) forwurþenlike adv., corruptly, perversely.
| c 1200 Ormin 6245 Þeȝȝ wirrkenn ȝunnkerr weorrc Forr⁓wurrþennlike & ille. c 1440 Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 106 Þou faryst as a forworthyn man, þat had leuere to lyen & rottyn in prisoun, þan to do penaunce. 1508 Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 105 Forworthin fule, of all the warld reffuse. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. iv. 21 A grysly den and ane for⁓worthyne gap of Cacus. 1691 Ray N.C. Words 27 Fore⁓worden with Lice, Dirt etc., i.e. over-run with. 1847 Halliw. Fore-warden, destroyed, undone. North. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss., They are lost and forwoden i' muck. |