forfete

Middle English

Etymology

See forfeit.

Verb

forfete

1. To incur a penalty; to transgress.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 12, line 273:

     And al this suffred Iesu Crist, that nevere forfeted.

     And all this suffered Jesus Christ, who never sinned.

References

• “forfete”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.