forˈfoughten, pple. and ppl. a. Obs. exc. Sc. and north. dial.
For forms see fight v. and foughten; also 8–9 forfoughen.
[f. for- prefix1 + foughten.]
Wearied and worn-out with fighting.
| c 1275 Lay. 26189 On wis cniht com ride to þis kinges ferde þat was al for-fohte. c 1350 Will. Palerne 3686 Ȝour mene..þat feynt ar for-fouten in feld. c 1450 Lonelich Grail xlv. 765, I was so forfowhte That non lengere stonden I mowhte. 1470–85 Malory Arthur iii. vi, We are forfoughten, & moche blood haue we loste. a 1550 [see flaughter n.] a 1775 Hobie Noble xxviii. in Child Ballads vii. (1890) 3/2 I'm but like a forfoughen hound, Has been fighting in a dirty syke. 1787 Burns Let. to W. Nicol 1 June, As forjesket and forniaw'd as a forfoughten cock. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxviii, This good little gentleman, that seems sair for-foughen, as I may say, in this tuilzie. |
b. transf. Wearied, over-fatigued.
| 1786 Harvest Rig in Chambers Pop. Poems Scotl. (1862) 50 They're a' right glad the kemp is done, For they're forfoughten ilka ane. c 1817 Hogg Tales & Sk. IV. 253 Both he and his master were alike sore forefoughten. 1832–53 Whistle-Binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. i. 39 In case some drift-driven strangers come forfoughten to our bield. |