Obs. Forms: 4–6 forloyne, 6–7 foreloin, -loyne, 6– forloin. [ad. OF. for-, forsloignier, f. fors see FOR- pref.3) + loin:—L. longē far.]
1. trans. To leave behind at a distance, forsake.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., A. 368. Þaȝ I forloyne my dere endorde. Ibid., B. 1165. Þay forloyne her fayth & folȝed oþer goddes.
b. intr. To stray, err.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 282.
| When he knew vche contre corupte in hit seluen, | |
| & vch freke forloyned fro þe ryȝt wayeȝ. | |
| Ibid., B. 750. | |
| Ȝif I for-loyne as a fol þy fraunchyse may serue. |
2. Hunting. trans. To leave (the pack) far behind. Said of the stag, or of individual hounds. Also absol.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, F j.
| When they houndes in the wode sechyn any beest | |
| And the beest is stoll away owt of the fryth | |
| Or the houndes that thow hast meten therwith | |
| And any other houndes before than may with hem mete | |
| Thees oder houndes arn then forloyned I the hete | |
| For the beste and the houndes arn so fer before | |
| And the houndes behynde be weere and soore | |
| So that they may not at the best cum at ther will | |
| The houndes before forloyne hem. |
1576. Turberv., Venerie, 118. A Harte doth foreloyne and breake out before the houndes for divers reasons.
1686. Blome, Gentl. Recreat., II. 79. When a Hound meeteth a Chase, and goeth away with it far before the rest, then say, he Foreloyneth.
