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Forset

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stratagem. dialectal, transitive
Verb
  1. 1
    To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap. Cumbria, dialectal, transitive
  2. 2
    To upset; hinder. Cumbria, dialectal, figuratively, transitive
  3. 3
    To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede. Cumbria, dialectal, transitive

    "backset and forset"

  4. 4
    To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit. Scotland, dialectal, transitive
  5. 5
    To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax. Scotland, broadly, dialectal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”).

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