† forhungerv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make very hungry; to cause to die of hunger; to starve. Only in past participle.
ΚΠ
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11567 Iesu crist forrhunngredd wass.
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 23562 Mid þan wrecche folke þat lai þar for-hongered.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2515 Þei..eten at here ese, for þei were for-hungred.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 964 The knave..was for-ungrid sore.
Derivatives
forˈhungered adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > starving or starved
hungryc950
ofhungeredOE
hungeredc1425
famylousc1475
forhungered1481
hunger-starvena1533
starven1546
hunger-bit1549
hunger-bitten1549
affamished1554
starved1563
starving1581
gaunted1582
famishing1587
food-sick1587
hunger-starving1592
famined1622
gut-foundered1647
hunger-starved1647
starved-gut1653
half-starved1667
clemmed1674
nushed1691
pinch-gutted1704
starve-gutted1726
clemming1773
clung1807
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 They..eten them lyke as they were forhongred houndes.
1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 324 They..rob them like for-hungered hounds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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v.c1175- take buggane
- take buggart
- take by and large
- take by storm
- take by surprise
- take by the balls
- take by the beard
- take by the button
- take by the ears
- take by the foot
- take by the hand
- take by the left ear
- take by the throat
- take by the top
- take captive
- take care
- take care of
- take care of business
- take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves
- take centre
- take chaise
- take charge
- take check
- take cheer in hand
- take christendom