v. Obs. Also 4 (Gower) forsveie, 5 forvoyen, -wey(e, -way(e, 5–6 for-, fourvey(e. [ad. OF. forvoier, forsvoier, f. for(s)-, FOR- pref.3 + voie way.] intr. To go out of the way, go astray; fig. to err, make a mistake. Hence Forvaying vbl. sb.
1393. Gower, Conf., I. 76 [MS. Fairfax].
| That þei be Duistres of þe weie | |
| Forþi if eny man forsueie [Pauli prints forswey] | |
| Thurgh hem, þei be noght excusable (Also III. 224, 272, 275). |
1413. Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton), I. i. (1859), 2. Ther nys no pylgrym that goth so redyly but that oftymes he mote foruoyen.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, IV. lxv. (1869), 207. Þe errour and þe forueyinge of ooþere shulde ben warnynge.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, K. vj. This yonge man forweyeth.
c. 1500. Melusine, xix. 101. I was forwayed of my way to come to lusygnen.
1508. Dunbar, Goldyn Targe, 204.
| And than as drunkyn man he all for vayit | |
| Quhen he was blynd the fule wyth hym thay playit. |
1513. Douglas, Æneis, III. Prol. 18.
| Tharfore wald God I had thair eris to pull | |
| Misknawis the creid, and threpis othir forwayis. |
c. 1560. A. Scott, Poems (S.T.S.), iii. 15.
| Forvey no tyme, be reddy day and nicht | |
| Vpoun ȝour kneis to serve thame soletare. |
