A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Forwrocht, p.p. [ME. forwroght, -wroȝt (14th C.), p.p. of OE. forwyrcan.] Overcome with toil; exhausted.a1500 Rauf C. 835.
The … men out of the renk past, Forwrocht with thair wapnis a1500 Lanc. 888.
So for-wrocht hys lymmys ver ilkon, … he fel in swoune 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 85.
Maist lamentabill the pereist folk to se, Sa famist, drowkit, mait, forewrocht and waik Id. Æn. iii. viii. 126.
Be this the son went to, and ws forwrocht Left dissolat 1535 Stewart 43912.
Gude Gilcrist … Werie, forwrocht, and richt weilsum of wane c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iv. 615.
The forwrocht wichtis in verraywerines
