forfete
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
See forfeit.
Verb edit
forfete
- 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.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 12, line 273:
References edit
- “forfete”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.