v. Obs. Forms: 3 Orm. forrgilltenn. Pa. t. 3 forgilt, -gult. Pa. pple. 2–3 forgilt, -gult, Orm. -gilltedd. [OE. *forgyltan, f. FOR- pref.1 + gyltan to sin.]
1. trans. To bring into a state of guilt. Only refl. or in pass. Const. wið, ȝæn.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 27. Ȝif þu ert swiþe for-gult wið þine eorðliche lauerd he þe wule for-beode of his eȝane on siht.
c. 1200. Ormin, 2616.
| Þe deofell, | |
| Þatt æfre & æfre stanndeþþ inn | |
| To scrennkenn ure sawless, | |
| To don uss to forrgilltenn uss | |
| Ȝæn Godd o sume wise. |
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 388. Al þet is iðe worlde he werþ under ure uet—bestes ant fueles, ear we weren uorgulte.
2. To forfeit by guilty conduct. Also, to bring into by guilt.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 19. Er we weren al forgult in to helle.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 211. Qeumeð þe deuel, and forgilt heuene wele, and haueð helle wowe.
1297. R. Glouc. (1724), 1.
| Plente me may in Engelond of alle gode y se, | |
| Bute folc yt for gulte oþer ȝeres þe worse be. |
c. 1300. Harrow. Hell, 166.
| Þou laddest ous to Parays— | |
| We hit forgulten ase vnwys. |
a. 1350[?]. Arth. & Merl. (Linc. Inn MS.), 593.
| Til Lucifer hit forgult wiþ pryde, | |
| Alle, þat heold wiþ him þat tyde. |
