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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1813-1871, 1951-1991
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‡FORLEET, v. Also fore-, for(e)teit, forlet(e), ¶forlied. Pa.t. forleet(it); pa.p. forleeted, forleitet; forleet (Sc. 1862 G. Henderson Matthew xxvii. 46), -lied.
1. To forsake, desert, leave behind (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Knr. 1920; Fif. 1953).Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry 133:
Ilk button that his finger seeks As if forleitet by its steeks Upon the flure down drappit.Sc. 1837 Wilson's Tales of the Borders IV. 35:
"And like a lyon lap," as if he would have foreleeted Lightfute himself.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxviii.:
The wratch wha pledges his heart an' han' to a young kimmer an' syne forleits her.Sc. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms xxxvii. 25:
Bot the righteous forlied, or his bairns seekin bread, I ne'er saw.Sc. 1951 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 410:
Syne like a fair-forleetit bairn She wannered oot o' ken.Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 47:
And syne
I ran, wad tine
that greetin
o things forleeten
i the muckle dairk ... Fif. 1991 John Brewster in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 165:
Gin forleitin wan's wife cuid cry God
Wid no thousans be libbit?
†2. To forget (Sc. 1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 251, Gl.; Ayr. 1825 Jam.).Rnf. 1813 E. Picken Poems I. 60:
I'll ne'er forleet, how frae my crown The vera bluid came rappin' down.
