A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1560-1578
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Forgane, ppl. a. Also: -gaine, -geine. [ME. forgon (14th c.), northern forgan (a 1300).] Exhausted with going. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xix. 156.
Forgane he wery wes, That he was fayne rest to get 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4245.
Knawing richt weill ȝe war werie forgane, Cauld, waik & tyrit a1578 Pitsc. I. 274/16.
Thay war wondrous tyrd and foirgeine and trackled gretlie in travell
