† forhightv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To promise not to do, enjoy or practise (something); to renounce.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > abandon, give up, or discontinue
forhightc1000
forswearOE
forletc1175
sdeign1590
to think (the) better of1752
to get off ——1951
c1000 Ælfric Pastoral Epist. §47 Buton he hit forhaten hæbbe.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 Ðanne forsake we ure sinnes mid heorte and for-hoteð mid muðe.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 85 Ȝe..i ne blostme of ower ȝuweðe uorheten alle wordes blissen.
c1305 Edmund Conf. 86 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 73 He..forhet bifore hire truliche wommanes mone.
c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 965 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 508 Þai forhicht mare to steile.
2. To forbid.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)]
forwarnc893
warnc893
forbidOE
forhightc1315
defendc1325
forfend1382
dischargec1450
prohibit?a1475
bidc1475
withsay1484
fenda1500
abara1504
prohibit1526
debara1529
forbodec1540
exempt1553
forspeak1565
disbar1567
forsay1579
enjoin1589
abjudicate1602
countermanda1616
forjudge1675
restrict1766
oppose1814
fen1823
embargo1824
nix1903
ixnay1937
c1315 Shoreham 162 Thou dedest by thine wyves stevene Thet was for-hote.
3. To promise. [Compare German verheiszen.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)]
swearc825
hightOE
behighta1000
behestc1175
bespeakc1320
queatha1325
vow1338
avowc1374
undertakec1385
forhighta1400
forsweara1400
hest14..
promitc1422
promise1430
protest1430
to swear outa1440
to swear to ——1598
pollicitate1657
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11334 Godd has..sent þam þat he lang for-hight.
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