Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FORDONE, ppl.adj. Also fore-. Exhausted, worn out (Dmf. 1825 Jam.). Arch. in Eng. and only as pa.p.Dmf. 1866 Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 241:
When I reached home after my evening ride, the most foredone of men.Rxb. 1887 R. Allan Border Poems 126:
Like ane wi' sorrow sair fordone.
