Obs. Also 5 forte, [a. F. fort:—L. fort em strong.] Strong, powerful.
13[?]. K. Alis., 7710.
| And Sampson theo fort, also, | |
| Daliada dude him wrong and wo. |
14[?]. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems, 238. Þou most fort, wit wele or wo.
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 92. A fals woman that was called Dalide, that was wiff to Sampson forte, the whiche loued her merueilously.
c. 1450. Lonelich, Grail, xlii. 471.
| Which dwk was bothe Riche & fort, | |
| His Name was Clepid Gaanort. |
1494. Fabyan, Chron. VII. 371. Iohn, with a compotent nombre of kynghtes, entred the sayd countre, and layde siege to a stronge castell named Mount Royall, & after many fort assautes wanne the sayd castell.
c. 1611. Chapman, Iliad, XVII. 111.
| O goodly man at arms, | |
| In fight a Paris, why should Fame make thee fort ’gainst our harmes. |
