Middle English Dictionary Entry
fortẹ̄n v.
Entry Info
| Forms | fortẹ̄n v. Forms: sg. 3 fortẹ̄þ, -teoþ; ppl. fortogen. |
| Etymology | OE fortēon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ten pull, lead.
1.
(a) To pull (something) out of place, to twist; (b) to lead (someone) astray, deceive.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)25/25 : Þisne læcecræft man sceal don mannum þe hyra swyran mid þan sinum fortogen beoþ..þæt Greccas hætað tetanicus.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)87 : Þenne com þe fule gost..and forteð þat child..to here wille.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)334 : For hit seyþ in þe l[e]oþ: 'as scumes forteoþ'; hit is ifurn iseyd þat cold red is quene red.