† forbraidv.
Obsolete.
a. transitive. To transform, pervert, corrupt.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)]
forbraidc888
besmiteeOE
awemOE
filec1175
soila1250
envenomc1300
beshrewc1325
shrew1338
corrumpa1340
corrupt1382
subvertc1384
tache1390
poison1395
infect?c1400
intoxicatec1450
deprave1482
corrup1483
rust1493
turkess?1521
vitiate1534
prevary?1541
depravate1548
fester?1548
turkish1560
wry1563
taint1573
disalter1579
prevaricate1595
sophisticate1597
invitiate1598
fashion1600
tack1601
debauch1603
deturpate1623
disaltern1635
ulcer1642
deboise1654
Neronize1673
demoralize1794
bedevil1800
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > cause sudden or complete change [verb (transitive)] > for worse
forbraidc888
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §1 Þæt hio sceolde mid hire drycræft þa men forbredan.
c1220 Bestiary 124 Ðanne he is forbroken and forbroiden.
b. intransitive for reflexive. To become corrupt, decay.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (intransitive)] > become corrupt
forbraidc1220
corruptc1405
ulceratea1425
rankle1612
deprave1655
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > be decayed > decay
to-dreseOE
forbraidc1220
perisha1382
fret1486
to fall awayc1510
decay1511
pallc1560
c1220 Bestiary 174 If ðu hauest is broken Al ðu forbreðes [sic] forwurðes and forgelues.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1384 The rihte i-kunde swo for-breideth.
Derivatives
forˈbroide adj. (also for'broiden) distorted, monstrous.
ΚΠ
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1379 He is un-fele and for-brode.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 490 Hii founde an vewe geans vor~broide [v.rr. forbreyden, forbredde] men as it were.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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