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
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Forhicht, p.t. [Northern ME. forhight (a 1300), forhēt, inf. forhoten, OE. forhátan.] To promise not to (do something); to forswear. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 295.
Thai forhicht mare to stele
