† forlainadj.
I. Unchaste.
1. Of a woman: That has lost her chastity. Also, as a term of abuse for either sex.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [adjective] > that has lost her chastity
forlainc1290
fallen1712
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 462/6 A womman..that was sunful and for-lein.
a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 140 in Poems (1981) 115 Now, allace, that seid with froist is slane, And I fra luifferis left, and all forlane.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 44 That carybald forlane.
II. Forgotten.
2. Apparently used for: (? Laid aside), forgotten.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > forgotten
out of memorya1275
of minda1325
out of mindc1325
forlainc1330
unrememberedc1425
oblivious1535
forgotten1600
unretained1666
unrecollected1733
unrecalled1742
buried1806
evanished1829
unmemoried1829
unrevived1877
spark out1882
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1586 Tristrem, þis þef is he, Þat may be nouȝt for lain.
?a1505 [see sense 1]. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 60v All faltis bygane..He did or said..Be quite forȝet, ouirsene, and all forlane.
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