† forˈirk, v. Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + irk.]
intr. To grow weary or disgusted. Const. of or to with inf.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3658 Of manna he ben for-hirked to eten. 1563 Mirr. Mag., Hen. Dk. Buckhm. xlvi, His wife foreyrked [ed. 1587 foreyrking] of his raygne, Sleping in bed this cruel wretche hath slayne. |