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Forȝet, v. Also: forȝhet, -ȝett, -ȝiett, -ȝit, foreȝet, foirȝett. P.t. forȝet, -ȝett, -ȝhet, -yhet, -yhette, -ȝit. P.p. forȝet, -ȝhet(t, -ȝett, -ȝete, -ȝeit, -ȝit, foreȝet; foryhettyn, -ȝettin. [ME. forȝete(n, forȝiten, OE. forᵹietan, -ᵹitan.] tr. To forget, fail to remember.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxxviii. 534.
Of hir husband scho had sic thocht, That for-ȝet hyme scho nocht mocht c1400 Troy-bk. i. 319.
The noble kinge, that neuir-mare Forȝhet walde hys inborne gentryce 1456 Hay II. 146/28.
Quhilk justice men suld nocht forȝett a1500 Rauf C. 969.
His wyfe wald he nocht forȝet c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 298.
Quhilk ay the fule did forȝet, for febilnes of knawlege 1562-3 Winȝet II. 54/3.
Lat thame forȝet weil that thai haif lerit nocht weil 1577 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 62.
His Grace … will nocht foryet the gude seruice done the yeris past 1581 Sat. P. xliv. 239.
Forȝet not Boyd of Glasgou vas his fallou 1615 Highland P. III. 192.
This man not mak me forȝiett nor omitt my deutie(2) a1400 Leg. S. v. 433.
Bot sancte Johne forȝetand elde, prekyt faste eftyr c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2022.
Forȝettand all hire womanhede 1456 Hay II. 141/27.
[It] makis man to be unthochtfull of his honour, and prouffit forȝettand 1513 Doug. ii. iv. 81.
Intil our blynd fury, Forȝettingthis, instantly we wirk 1562-3 Winȝet I. 54/22.
I … wrait to them … forȝetand all former iniuris done to me 1586 Reg. Privy C. IV. 106.
David, neglectand and foiryettand the dewtie of his office, delt … injuriouslie with him 1596 Dalr. I. 276/11.
Forȝhetting all distres, nocht remembering of the scourge of god(b) c1420 Wynt. iii. 825.
He than … Forȝhet the mys that he had done Ib. iv. 2261.
Bot that kyng … Left that counsalle, or all foryhette ?1438 Alex. ii. 4213.
Sa wald athir do vthir skaith That thay forȝet thair suerdis baith 1492 Myll Spect. 276/23.
Nature … forȝet to gyf thame faith or lawte 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 101.
Palynurus … Amyd the sey forȝet the richt way 1535 Stewart 36797.
Thair freindis als that tyme forȝet he nocht 1555–6 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 60.
Allowit to the compter quhilk he foryet out of this present compt throu negligence 1614 Melrose P. 184.
Your lordship will excuse me that foryet this(c) 1375 Barb. i. 16.
Swa that na lenth of tyme it let, Na ger it haly be forȝet a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 247.
Sa forȝet haf I thame thare c1420 Wynt. vi. 46.
Gywe it ware wilfully foryhete Ib. vii. 3143.
This myrakill, … That suld noucht have bene foryhet c1450 Cr. Deyng 245.
Till haf knawleg of the synis that he has forȝit c1420 Ratis R. 1388.
Gudlynes … Beis al fore-ȝet in thé sum quhill 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 166.
The quhilk [payment] wes forȝeit quhar it suld be wyrtyn c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 66/6.
Confes thé of all thi synnis that thow has forȝet 1531 Bell. Boece I. 213.
He … had foryet all offence, … maid to his fader 1558-66 Knox II. 266.
The trewth of God was almost foryett a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxx. 10.
God is forȝeit for gredynes of geir 1596 Dalr. I. 267/35.
That sa noble a victorie suld nevir be forȝhett 1608 Crim. Trials II. 551.
Quhilk, in effect, meanis that hir maiestie had forȝet the samyn 1661 Nicoll Diary 324.
Sum particularis … wald not be forȝet(b) c1420 Wynt. i. 265.
Quhen that slawchtyr wes foryhettyn ?1438 Alex. ii. 1060.
Baith thair deidis … Behuifis forȝettin for to be 1567 G. Ball. 114.
My rycht hand first sall that forleit, Or Jerusalem forȝettin be a1570-86 Maitl. F. xcviii. 117.
All rancour and invy And faltis passit by To be forȝettin clene