forˈhow, v. Obs. exc. Sc.
Forms: 1 forhoȝian, 2 -huȝian, 3 -howien, -hoȝien, -huȝien, 4–8 forhue, 9 forhoo, forhooy, 8– forhow.
[OE. forhoᵹian, f. for- prefix1 + hoᵹian to think, care.]
† 1. trans. To despise, scorn. Obs.
| c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. ii. (1890) 102 Gif he þonne eow eac forhoᵹie..sy he þonne from eow forhoᵹad. c 1160 Hatton Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 10 Þæt ȝe ne for-huȝien ænne of þissen lytlingen. a 1225 Ancr. R. 166 Worldliche þinges to..forhowien. c 1230 Hali Meid. 25 Forhohe for to don hit þat he þuncheð uuel of. a 1300 Cursor M. 15107 (Cott.) We wend he had for-huud vs all. |
2. To forsake, quit.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 23047 (Edin.) Þe formast raw..þat sinne and sak for him forhuid. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 8258 Þar fore saint dunstan he pursued Whils he englande forhued. 1753 A. Murphy Gray's-Inn Jrnl. No. 39 ¶1 It gives me muckle Trouble to see the English forehuing their Neest, and giving it up to the Cheeld of Israel. 1768 Ross Helenore 99 Ye did her so treach'rously forhow. a 1835 Hogg Kilmeny xxiv, And the merl and the mavis forhooyed their young. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ii. (1873) 15 The laird wud hae to forhoo's bit bonny nest. |
Hence † forhower, a forsaker. † forhoght, contempt.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxviii. [cxix.] 22 Bere fra me vpbraidinge and for-hoghte. 1513 Douglas æneis xii. i. 36 Ȝon ilk Troiane forhowar of Asya [desertorem Asiæ]. |