Middle English Dictionary Entry
forshēren v.
Entry Info
Forms | forshēren v. Also -shiren. P. forshōre(n. |
Etymology | Cp. OE sc(i)eran, scyran; scær, scǣron; scoren. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sheren.
1.
To cut to pieces.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)558 : Spakly her speres on sprotes þey ȝeden..Hewen on þe heþen, hurtlen to-gedr, For-schorne [vrr. forshore, forschire, forshere] gild schroud.