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Forwork

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct. archaic, transitive
  2. 2
    To obstruct; barricade; block. archaic, transitive

    "And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie."

  3. 3
    To do wrong to; injure; scathe. archaic, transitive
  4. 4
    To overwork; exhaust with toil. archaic, transitive

    "And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English forwirken, forwerken, forwurchen, from Old English forwyrċan (“to do wrong, sin; ruin, undo, destroy; condemn, convict, curse; forfeit; barricade, obstruct, close up”), from Proto-Germanic *frawurkijaną, equivalent to for- + work. Cognate with Dutch verwerken (“to digest, assimilate, work up, put into action”), German verwirken (“to forfeit”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawaurkjan).

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