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† forˈdull, v. Obs.
Also 4 fordoll.
[f. for- prefix1 + dull v.; cf. MLG. vordullen and fordill v.]
trans. To make dull; to stupefy. Only in pa. pple. Hence forˈdulled ppl. a.
13..Leg. Rood (1871) 141 Alle þei seiden þei weore sori, For-dolled in a dronknyng dred. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A 11, I dewyne for-dolled [printed dolked] of luf daungere. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vi, Fordulled is myne imagynatyfe. 1513Douglas æneis iv. Prol. 158 To droup like a fordullit as. 1578T. Proctor Gorg. Gallery in Heliconia I. 163 O feeble wit! forduld with woe, awake thy wandering thought. 1592R. Wilmot Tancred & Gism. ii, What well of teares may serue To feed the streames of my fore⁓dulled eies. 1605Montgomerie Sonnets xi, Quhat mervell than, thoght our fordullit hedes..be mare amaisd. |