v. Obs. [OE. forclingan, f. FOR-1 + clingan to CLING.] intr. To shrink up, wither.

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a. 800.  Corpus Gloss., 1744. Rigentia, forelingendu.

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c. 1000.  Veronica (Gr.-Wülk.), 163. Wæron … sume on forclungenum treowe ahanȝene.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 13850.

        Þatt herrte, þatt wiþþinnenn uss
Iss hefiȝliȝ forrclungenn
Þurrh fakenn trowwþe towarrd Godd.

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c. 1305.  Pilate, 215–6, in E. E. P. (1862), 117.

                        His lymes so forclonge to noȝte
So hi dude alle tofore here deþ.

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c. 1430.  Hymns Virg. (1867), 13.

        Whanne blood and watir were out wrong,
For beetinge was þi bodi blewe;
As a clot of clay þou were for-clonge,
So deed in þrouȝ þanne men þee þrewe.

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