Forcasten

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Felled, fallen. obsolete
  2. 2
    Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off. UK, archaic, dialectal

    "I think Christ lieth like an old forcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him."

  3. 3
    Abandoned; forlorn. Scotland, dialectal

    "They dread full ill I was right poor, By my forcasten company."

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"I think Christ lieth like an old forcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him."

Etymology

Originally the past participle of obsolete forcast (“to cast away”); also from Middle English forcasten, a variant of forcast (“rejected, cast away”), past participle of forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), equivalent to for- + cast.

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