Middle English Dictionary Entry
forlẹ̄sen v.
Entry Info
Forms | forlẹ̄sen v. Also forleosen, -liesen, vorlyesen. Forms: sg. 3 forlẹ̄seth, -leoseð, -lyeseþ, -lyst, -liest, -lēst, -leost; p. sg. forlēs, -lǣs, -lyas, -lẹ̄sed, -lẹ̄st; p. pl. forluren, -lōren, -leoseden; ppl. forlōre(n, -lōrn, -lōsen, -lẹ̄st. |
Etymology | OE forlēosan; forlīest, -lȳst, -lēost, -lēoseþ; forlēas; forluron; forloren. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. forlosen.
1a.
To forfeit (something), to be deprived of (something) as a punishment.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1102 : Manige Frencisce & Englisce þær heora stafas & rice forluron, þe hi mid unrihte begeaton.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Þa forlæs he þat mid rihte, forþi þat he hit hæfde æror beieten mid unrihte.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)74/13 : Ða þe his sawla lufæð, he forlyst heo witodlice.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)10/43 : Þu sceoldest beon on heouene..Ȝif þu hit ne forlure þuruh þæs deofles lore.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1395 : Enngless haffdenn heoffness ærd Forrlorenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6588 : He þatt turrneþþ himm fra Crist..Forrleoseþþ sawless soþe lihht.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)129 : Heo forluren ba þa murie wununge.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)13 : Man eggeð his negebure to done oðer to speken him harm..& makeð him to forlese his aihte oðer of his rihte.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25509 : Heo þer forleoseden [Otho: forlosede] lif and heore saulen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)24916 : Ydelnesse makeð cnihte forleosen [Otho: forlease] his irihte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)65/23 : Ðu forliest mannes luue for ði modinesse.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)9/1 : We forlieseð ðis scorte lif ðurh unhersumnesse.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)85a : Þenne ahest tu to beon hundret siðe sarure, þe þurh an heaued sunne forlure [Nero: uorlure] þe riche of heouene.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1344 : An maide mai luue cheose, Þat hire wurþschipe ne forleose.
- c1275 LSSerm.(Clg A.9)9 : Schomeliche he uorles [Jes-O: forles] þe blisse þat he hedde.
- ?a1300 Fiftene toknen (Dgb 86)111 : We hit forloren þoru sottes dede.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)130 : Þer ne may..non furleosen his iryhte.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)241 : For sinne he ðat blisse forloren.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9661 : He ssal do þeruore Kinges seruise..þat is riȝte ne be uorlore.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)242 : Lottes wyf uorlyas þet lif of þe bodye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)714 : Sathan sagh þat he was chosin to win þe blis he had forlosin [Frf: lorne].
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)54/12 : Hij schullen forlese þe knoweynge of god.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)83/15 : Who so loueþ his lyf in þis werlde aȝeins me, he schal forlesen his lyf.
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.lvi : My foo..hopith now that all I haue forlore.
- c1475 Falm.Squire (RwlPoet 118)32 : The ordere of presthode he hath forlorne.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)138/3 : Thay..shold the lond leue..other forlese al that thay helden of the kynge yn other londes.
1b.
(a) To lose (something) completely or irrevocably, to lose disastrously; (b) to lose (an ability, a condition, a power, a quality, one's nature, etc.); also, to be freed of (an undesirable condition or quality).
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1118 : Ðurh þisra unsehte wearð se cyng swyðe gedreht & mycel forleas, ægðer ge on feoh & eac on lande.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Þer efter com þe kynges dohter..& te Lundenissce folc hire wolde tæcen. & scæ fleh & forles þar micel.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)134/30 : Þu miht forleosan unþances þa ðing þe ateoriȝæn maȝen.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4758 : Þe gode Job..all wiþþutenn gillt forrlæs Onn an daȝȝ all hiss ahhte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)11/27 : Æure me was leuere þat ic biȝate and he forlure.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)43/28 : Ðat hie ðarof ne forliesen ne lichame ne saule.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)220 : Þat child þat is modur forleost, is help is muche bihinde.
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)86 : Muche haþ scotland forlore.
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)683 : Ich wene ich schal forlese [Hrl: forleose; Cmb: leose] Þe fys þat ich wolde chese.
- a1350 Dream Bk.(1) (Hrl 2253)35 : Mon þat broche oþer ryng forlest, he biþ bitreyed alre nest.
- c1330 St.Kath.(2) (Auch)637 : Þou hast me don mi folk forlese.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)181 : He uorleas his her of his heauede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4571 : Sore has me longed to se þi freli face þat i forlore hadde.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201:Wright)354/98 : He adde so ys folc vorlore & ys kynedom.
- c1400 St.Alex.(2) (Trin-O 57)37/228 : Hy wep for here sone þat hy hadde forlore.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.2.29 : Thou haddest outrely forlorn alle thy thynges.
- a1450(1413) Glade in god call (Dgb 102)119 : Twyggis of oure ȝerde we haue forlore.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)225/686 : My right ere I haue forlorne.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)11/26 : Wyl on an niwen crocen..ðe læsse þe ele his mænȝ [?read: mæȝn] forleosen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)134/31 : Ȝif þu þe sylf for Gode god bist, þet ne forleost þu næfre unþances.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)135 : Ȝif me sulleð þeo elmesse, heo feorleoseð hire nome & hire mihte.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1661 : Al his wit he forlæs.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)63a : Þe hali mon..forleas [Nero: uorleas] for muche dred þe strengðe of his bileaue.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)120 : So sone so he his mildheortnesse vorleoseð, he uorleoseð monnes kunde.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)69 : He billeð ðer on, Billeð til his bec biforn haueð ðe wrengðe forloren.
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)693 : Ac if he furleost his wit, Þenne is his red purs al to slyt.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)259 : Siðen forles ðat dai is pris.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4658 : Þe Brutons nadde neuer er so clene hor miȝte vorlore [Hrl: uerlore].
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)470 : Now he haþ his witt forlore.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2947 : This proude king in his corage Humilite hath so forlore.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.3.105 : Thanne have thei forlorn the nature of mankynde.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.4.232 : Yif that a man hadde al forlorn his syghte.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.331 : So propre nature doth þey noght forlese.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)299 head. : For hym þat forlesyth hys speche, a medycine.
1c.
(a) To waste (something); to do (something) in vain; ~ (one's) whil, to waste (one's) time; ~ swink or travail, to waste (one's) efforts, to have (one's) labor for nothing; (b) to fail to do (something); (c) to be beaten (at a game, in battle); (d) to lose sight of (something), to miss (the trail of an animal); (e) ~ stirrup, to get one's foot out of the stirrup while riding.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13483 : Al ic him mot ȝelden þat ich nime of his londe, & ȝif ich his forleose [Otho: misspene], ich sal laȝe þolien.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)246 : Þe weorreur of helle mei longe asailen ou & forleosen al his hwule.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)424 : Muchel sotschipe hit is uorto uorleosen, uor one deie, tene oðer tweolue.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)62 : Me seyþ his hwile he vorleost þat doþ for þe quede.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)29/480 : Hit nere noȝt forloren For to kniȝti child horn.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Wright)p.26 : For me ne schal nothing for him do that schal beo forlore.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)770 : Hise swink ne hauede he nowt forlorn.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1557 : Aurelius that his cost hath al forlorn, Curseth the tyme that euere he was born.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)118/226 : Thi seruyse schal noȝt be forlorn.
- a1425 Shrewsbury Frag.(Shrw 6)4/42 : Lettes noght þis lesson be forlorn.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)666 : Þi trauayle shal not be forlore.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)57 : Þe ilke þat ham yeueþ to moche to ydele worddes..uorlyeseþ þe guodes þet hi þencheþ to done.
c
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1649 : Me þunch þat þir [vr. þu] forleost [vr. forlest] þat game.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1666 : Riȝt swa me gred þe manne a schame, Þat taueleþ & forleost þat gome.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)119 : Al the hoste..thoght that thay wer ouercome, and al haddyn forlore.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6581 : Þatt ta þreo kingess..Forrlurenn þeȝȝre steorrne Affter þatt teȝȝ hemm turrndenn ut Off þeȝȝre rihhte weȝȝe.
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)817 : So vorlest [Clg: forlost] þe hund his fore & turnþ eft ayeyn to þe more.
e
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)581 : Boþe hys styropes he forles.
2.
(a) To desert or abandon (someone); (b) to disregard or repudiate (the law, an oath), to give up or renounce (something); (c) to leave (a place), depart from (a person), be separated from (something); ~ lif, to depart from life, to die.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)74/27 : Heo hine [Crist] forluron, & we hine ilæhten.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4678 : Loc nu ȝiff þatt tu narrt rihht wod..Þatt willt forrlesenn þin Drihhtin.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4689 : Þatt tu þær Godd forrlesesst.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5023 : Ȝiff þatt tu Godd forrleosesst.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)85a : Þurh an heaued sunne..[þu] forlure ure lauerd.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)62/4 : God nyl nouȝth forlesen þat he dere bouȝth.
- a1400 God wiht (Hrl 2316)1 : God wiht hise aungeles i haue forloren.
- c1450 Kynge of grace (Trin-C B.11.24)240 : Thy honde warke þat þou hast wrowyth, My dere son, forlese hem nowhte!
b
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Hi hadden him manred maked & athes suoren, ac hi nan treuthe ne heolden; alle he wæron for sworen & here treothes forloren.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8959 : Æðes þer weoren isworene & neoren heo nauere forlorne, for treowe men heom astalden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12172 : Þe aðes weoren isworene, & æft heo weoren forlorne.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)40/427 : Wið earmðe [ha] biwinneð hit, wið fearlac biwiteð hit, forleoseð [Tit: forleosen] hit wið sorhe.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)28b : Þu forsoke þe world..biwepen þine ahne & oþres sunnen & forleosen alle þe blissen of þis lif.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)219/154 : Se [leprus] liest þe felarede of oþer men, for se þet sterft inne diadliche senne so forliest þe compainie of gode.
- a1350 Ich herdemen (Hrl 2253)23 : Þus wil walkeþ in lond, & lawe is forlore.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3238 : Þe oþ þat to king aureli hii suore biuore, Hii þoȝte, þo he was ded, þat he were [Hrl: yt was] al uorlore.
c
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)3/35 : Eart þu forloren from al þet þu lufedest.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)5/15 : Þus þu ert nu ilufed, seoþþen þe me forlure.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)10/33 : Sone þu were lifleas, seoþþen ic þe forleas.
- c1225 St.Kath.(1) (Tit D.18)1385 : Þe we forleose [Bod: forlete] þis lif.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1661 : So swiþe wo him was þat his lif him forlees.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)808 : In mirie dale his bigginge he ches, ðat he siðen twie forles.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3209 : Lordys they were..Thys worldys lyffe that hanne forlorne.
3.
(a) To damn (someone); to be damned, suffer damnation; ppl. as noun: forlorene, lost souls, the damned; (b) to ruin, disgrace, or dishonor (someone); to debauch (a woman); (c) to make perish, doom to destruction, destroy; ben forloren, to be doomed or lost, to perish; (d) to ruin or destroy (something); to spoil (grain), wreck (a ship), cripple (a limb), etc.; to perish, to be destroyed.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)11/16 : For ði ðe scal god almihtin forliesen, baðe lichame & saule.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)6/20-1 : Ne let tu neaure mi sawle forleosun wið þe forlorene.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Creed (Lamb 487)73 : Þa weren monie childre dede fulhtles, & forlorne.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)103b : Þah he wið þe forlorene [Nero: uorlorene] wurpe him in to helle.
- a1275 Of on þat is so fayr (Trin-C B.14.39)28 : Al þe world it wes furlorn þoru eua peccatrice.
- a1275 Louerd crist þou (Trin-C B.14.39)6 : Þat oure soule ne be furlore for no qued.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)135 : Þorouȝ a treo we weren furlore and furst ibrouȝt to grounde.
- a1300(?a1250) Serm.Atte wrastlinge (Trin-C B.1.45)107 : Þe schendchipe & te peine of helle, þat te forlorene sculen soffrin.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)508 : A man may as him lykeþ beo ysaued oþer fforlore.
- (a1333) Herebert Þe kynges baneres (Add 46919)18 : Þou..hauest ybore Þe wordles raunsoun þat was uorlore.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)14 : Þet is þe pine wyþoute ende þet god heþ agrayþed to þe uorlorene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25074 : Þe quick þe god men er and chosen; þe ded, þe wick þat ar forlosen [Frf: forlosin].
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)26 : He wulde be bore To saue mankynde þat was forlore.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)125/522 : Al man kynne..were forlorn ȝif þou ne were.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)267 : If my soule schuld be forlorne.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)16/161 : Let hem neuer fore here lust..be forelore.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)66 : He wold hym bynde..to Saven mankynde, that was forlore.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)299 : Sofere me neuer to be forlore..Grawnte me þe blysse wyth-owten ende.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)147/36 : On a tre he xulde be torn, delyver folkes þat arn forlorn.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)60/117 : He will lyght fro heuen towre..And saue that is forlorne.
b
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Þe biscopes & lered men heom cursede æure; oc was heom naht þar of, for hi uueron al forcursæd & forsuoren & forloren.
- c1225 Sanctus beda (Wor F.174)17 : [Nu is] þeo leore forleten, and þet folc is forloren.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21186 : Alle heo beoð forsworene, & alle heo beoð forlorene.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)22140 : Bute he weore..manswore, þene þe king demde forlore.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)59/632 : Forlore beo þu, reue..& iblescet beo crist!
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)347 : Ah ȝet ne þuncheð ow nawt inoh to forleosen ow þus in þulli misbileaue.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1391 : Ne beoþ heo nowt alle forlore þat stumpeþ at þe flesches more.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)546 : Of hem woren ðe getenes boren, Migti men, and figti, forloren.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3953 : Ðus rideð forð ðis man forloren.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)580 : Ne thenkeste nowt of mine oþes Þat ich haue mi louerd sworen? Ne wile i nouth be forloren.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1424 : Leuere was him to be forsworen Þan drenchen me and ben forlorn.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)84 : Nou ich wot ich am forloren!
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)127 : 'Allas!' quaþ he, 'forlorn icham.'
- c1350 How GWife(1) (Em 106)180 : Loke to þin doughters so wele, þat þei beth nought forlorne.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3505 : If thou telle it man, thou art forlore..thow shalt be wood.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2825 : Hire name sche socoureth, Whiche erst was lost thurgh coveitise Of him, that ladde hire other wise, And hath himself also forlore.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Abp.& N.(Phys-E)85 : Schamlic haf I me forlorne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1058 : Forþi was he wit his forlorn.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13654 : Þou caitif forlorn!
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4461 : He smoot þe stede wiþ þe spore And fleiȝ away as man forlore.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.280 : And she forlost [vr. forlorn] and thow right nought ywonne.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)137 : To haue forlore the damesel he hadde tyȝt.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)255 : Ȝyf hyt so betydde þat..we shulde play togedur in bedde, Bothe we were forlorne.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11345 : Næfde he of Octaue caræ næuer nane, na mare þeh he næren iboren oðer i watere forloren.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1143 : Ðo meidenes herden..ðat mankinde wore al forloren, but of hem ðre wore man boren.
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)199 : Alas! þat he wes ibore & so villiche forlore, so feir mon ase he was!
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1193 : Þo king cassibel isei so muche folc vorlore & adreint of is fon, glad he was þeruore.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)447 : Nis þer nout..Þat nis destrued..And dreynt, forloren and fordemed.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1242 : It thoghte hem gret pite To se so worthi on as sche..So sodeinly to be forlore.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)39/468 : And he and his ost be al totorne, Þen be we al forlorn.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)72.26 : Þou forlest [vrr. forlesed, forspilt; L perdidisti] alle saufe to be Þat strenen withouten þe.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)82.4 : Comes nou to ga, And fra folke forlese [L disperdamus] we þa.
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)1985 : Þoruȝ treson arn we alle forloren.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)388 : Now is my goode hors forlorn.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)711 : The knyght hym selven he was forlore.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4888 : It was a meruayle..how onalafbalde was forlorne.
- c1475 Guy(4) (Cai 107/176)9976 : Now nerehand a[r]t thow forlorne.
- a1500 Eglam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)971 : The erle hath hys lyfe forlorne.
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- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11982 : Þa scipen þa urnen biuoren, twelue þer weoren forloren.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)73/14 : Þe pott ðe is idon on ðe barnende ofne, Gif he ðar inne bersteð and brekð, he is forloren.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2254 : Nalde nawt godd leoten his martirs licomes liggen to forleosen.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1558 : Mi blod þai wold haue forlore.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.1882 : To sowe cokkel with the corn, So that the tilthe is nyh forlorn Which Crist sew ferst his oghne hond.
- c1400(1399) Þer is a busch (Bagot)365 : The bag is ful of roton corne; So long ykep, hit is forlorne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6082 : Þe same ȝere þat Troye was forlore.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3201 : His fette & his leggus also weron forlore, þat he myȝt nowther se ny go.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)337 : A collage..had ben foundyd ferre byfore, Bot thorow strong werre..Hit was almost clene forlore.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)44 : A knave child shulde be born..and Egipt be forlorne.