forway in English

Forms: forways [present, singular, third-person], forwaying [participle, present], forwayed [participle, past], forwayed [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Late Middle English forwayen, forweyen (“to go astay, go out of the way”), partly equivalent to for- + way (compare Old English forweġan (“to overcome, kill”)); and partly continuing, in altered form, Middle English forveien, forsveien, forvoyen (“to err, go astray”), from Old French forsveer, forvoier (“to go astray, err”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forwayen}} Middle English forwayen, {{m|enm|forweyen||to go astay, go out of the way}} forweyen (“to go astay, go out of the way”), {{prefix|en|for|way}} for- + way, {{cog|ang|forweġan||to overcome, kill}} Old English forweġan (“to overcome, kill”), {{inh|en|enm|forveien}} Middle English forveien, {{m|enm|forsveien}} forsveien, {{m|enm|forvoyen||to err, go astray}} forvoyen (“to err, go astray”), {{der|en|fro|forsveer}} Old French forsveer, {{m|fro|forvoier||to go astray, err}} forvoier (“to go astray, err”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} forway (third-person singular simple present forways, present participle forwaying, simple past and past participle forwayed)

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}

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        "To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin."
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"forway" meaning in English

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