Meaning of forwork | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
   archaic, transitive
2. To obstruct; barricade; block.
   archaic, transitive
3. To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
   archaic, transitive
4. To overwork; exhaust with toil.
   archaic, transitive

Examples

“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.”

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

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