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† 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.
c1350Will. Palerne 2236 Þei þeder come al wery for walked. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 204 Whan thow art wery for-walked. 1513Douglas æneis ii. vi. [v.] 35 Quhen the first quyet Of natural slepe..Stelis on forwalkit [so Ruthven MS.; ed. Small fordoverit] mortall creaturis. 1533Bellenden Livy ii. (1822) 204 The Romanis..sett on the Volschis, wery and forwalkit. 1612[see forwelk.] |