A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Forfastit, a. [ME. forfastid (c 1450), forfast (c 1300).] Exhausted by fasting. —a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1381.
He [was] bot a febil man And forefastit
