Middle English Dictionary Entry
fōr(e-fọ̄t n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fōr(e-fọ̄t n. Pl. fōre-fẹ̄t. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The front foot of an animal; (b) the front part, or toe, of the upper of a boot or shoe.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3284 : Þe stede..faire wiþ his forefet kneled doun to grounde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)271b/a : Furst þey [bees] chargeþ þe fore feet & afterward þe oþere feet.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)90 : If þe deer sette the hynder feet in þe trace of þe forfett wiþout onpassyng, it is no good tokyn; but if he sette his hyndere fete fer from þe forfete, it is a good tokyn.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)240/28 : Þey sawe a grete wolf bicleppynge the hede in his forefeet.
b
- (1409) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.572 : [No quarter, called] forfote, [of] overlether, [made of new leather, or quarter of] overlether [behind, called the] hele, [of new leather, shall be pieced with old leather].