† forˈwalk, v. Obs.
Also 6 fore-.
[f. for- prefix1 + walk.]
trans. To weary with walking; to over-tire. Hence forˈwalked ppl. a.
In the Sc. examples prob. confused with forwaked: see for- prefix1 6 b.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 2236 Þei þeder come al wery for walked. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 204 Whan thow art wery for-walked. 1513 Douglas æneis ii. vi. [v.] 35 Quhen the first quyet Of natural slepe..Stelis on forwalkit [so Ruthven MS.; ed. Small fordoverit] mortall creaturis. 1533 Bellenden Livy ii. (1822) 204 The Romanis..sett on the Volschis, wery and forwalkit. 1612 [see forwelk.] |