v. Obs. Also 6 fore-. [f. FOR- pref.1 + WALK.] trans. To weary with walking; to over-tire. Hence Forwalked ppl. a.
In the Sc. examples prob. confused with forwaked: see FOR- pref.1 6 b.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 2235.
| Þei þeder come, | |
| al wery for-walked. |
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XIII. 204. Whan þow art wery for-walked.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, II. vi. [v.] 35.
| This was that tyme, quhen the first quyet | |
| Of natural slepe, to quham na gift mare sweit, | |
| Stelis on forwalkit [so Ruthven MS.; ed. Small, fordoverit] mortall creaturis. |
1533. Bellenden, Livy, II. (1822), 204. The Romanis, eftir that thay had slepit wele, and war refreschit, went to array, and sett on the Volschis, wery and forwalkit, and put them abak.
1612. [see FORWELK.]
