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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Forfochtin, p.p. Also: forfowchtyn, -fouchtyn, -fochtne, -fochin; forfauchtyn; forfoghten, -foughten. [ME. forfoughten (1470), forfouten (c. 1350), forfohte (c. 1275).] Exhausted with fighting or effort. c1420 Wynt. iii. 298.
Sampsone thare forfowchtyn [C. forfauchtyn] was c1475 Wall. vii. 604.
Forfouchtyn thai war and trawald al the nycht a1500 Doug. K. Hart 889.
Ressoun forfochtin [was] and ewill drest 1533 Bell. Livy II. 115/24.
All the laif of the oist, … wery and forfochtin, … come to Rome 15.. Christis Kirk 215.
For faintnes tha forfochtin fulis Fell doun lyk flauchtir fails 1596 Dalr. II. 146/11.
Al war sa forfochtne that almaist baith lost the feild 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. iii. 2.
The faithfull … forfoghten in the wearisome warfair of this militant life 1639 Johnston Diary 58.
We wer forfoghten with the consideration heerof