a. Obs. Chiefly north. [f. FORCE sb.1 + -Y1.] Full of force, powerful, strong.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, II. 242. Othir fele folk, forsye in fycht.
c. 1470. Henry the Minstrel, Wallace, V. 291.
| The forseast ay rudely rabutyt he, | |
| Kepty hys horss, and rycht wysely can fle. |
1508. Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 85. A forky fure, ay furthwart, and forsy in draucht.
1586. Warner, Alb. Eng., III. xiv. 66.
| The noble King his Sonne-in-law transports an Armie greate, | |
| Of forcie Gawles, possessing him of dispossessed Seate. |
