† forworkv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.), ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing
werdec725
wemc900
forworkOE
evilc1000
teenOE
grievec1230
misdoc1230
mischievec1325
shond1338
endamagec1374
unrighta1393
damagea1400
disvail14..
disavail1429
mischief1437
outrayc1440
prejudice1447
abuse?1473
injuryc1484
danger1488
prejudicate1553
damnify?a1562
wrack1562
inviolate1569
mislestc1573
indemnify1583
qualify1584
interess1587
buse1589
violence1592
injure1597
bane1601
envya1625
prejudiciala1637
founder1655
the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > by one's own fault
forworkOE
forguiltc1175
forgremec1200
forsit?a1400
forfeit1466
OE Crist III 920 He bið þam yflum egeslic ond grimlic to geseonne synnegum monnum, þam þær mid firenum cumað, forð forworhte.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 221 Þæt wuniunge on hefen rice, þe se deofel forwo [r] hte mid modinesse.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17534 Hu wærenn þeȝȝ forrwrohhte. To dreȝhenn wa wiþþ mikell rihht. Inn helle wiþþ þe defell?
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13734 Forr affterr þatt ta forrme menn. Adam & eue..Forr wrohhte wærenn ȝæness godd.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 50 I haue forwrought and angred my frendes.
2. To do wrong to, injure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > harm, injure, or commit offence against [verb (transitive)]
misdoc1230
forworkc1275
wrongc1330
to do (one) spite or a spitec1380
to commit (also do, make) an offencec1384
offenda1387
unrighta1393
to do disease toc1400
injuryc1484
offence1512
misfease1571
watcha1586
injure1597
envya1625
disserve1637
hinder1639
disservice1837
serve1887
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8331 Þat þu hauest þas hæȝe burh swa swiðe for-worht.
3. To overwork, exhaust with toil. Only in past participle forˈwrought n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > esp. through labour
forswunka1250
forwroughtc1400
forlaboured1483
broken1490
forespent1563
fortoiled1567
toiled1574
overtoiled?1577
over-laboured1579
back-broken1603
moiled1618
swinked1637
overwrought1648
overtaxed1650
toil-worn1752
used up1823
overworked1830
beat1832
dead-beaten1854
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 163 Þen þo wery for-wroȝt wyst no bote.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 888 So for-wrocht hys lymmys ver ilkon.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 44 Werie forwrocht, and richt weilsum of wane.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5861 He was very [= wery] for~wroght, & woundet full sore.
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