† forˈcouth, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 forc{uacu}þ, 3 forcud.
[OE. forc{uacu}þ, an accentual variant of fracoð, fracod, corresp. to Goth. frakunþs despised; see for- prefix1 and couth.
Kluge suggests that the form with stressless prefix may have arisen from the compound ˈunforc{uacu}þ.]
Perverse, infamous, worthless, vile.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxvii. §3 Hi habbaþ þæs mennisces þone forcuþestan [v.r. forcuþeran] [dæl] ᵹehealden. c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 268 Swa he oftor on ðære fandunge abryð, swa he forcuðra bið. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 219 Þa warð he and halle his iferen forcuðran þanne ænig oðer ȝesceafte. c 1205 Lay. 28240 Som forcouþ cniht. c 1230 Hali Meid. 33 Þea þat fondeð ham meast; ifindeð ham forcudest. |