"forworth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forworths [present, singular, third-person], forworthing [participle, present], forworthed [past], forword [past], forworthed [participle, past], forworthen [participle, past], forworden [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English forworthen, from Old English forweorþan (“to perish, pass away, vanish; deteriorate, sicken”), from Proto-Germanic *frawerþaną (“to perish, come to ruin”), equivalent to for- (“away, wrongly, badly”) + worth (“to turn into, become”). Cognate with Dutch verworden. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forworthen}} Middle English forworthen, {{inh|en|ang|forweorþan||to perish, pass away, vanish; deteriorate, sicken}} Old English forweorþan (“to perish, pass away, vanish; deteriorate, sicken”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*frawerþaną||to perish, come to ruin}} Proto-Germanic *frawerþaną (“to perish, come to ruin”), {{prefix|en|for|worth|t1=away, wrongly, badly|t2=to turn into, become}} for- (“away, wrongly, badly”) + worth (“to turn into, become”), {{cog|nl|verworden}} Dutch verworden Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=forword|past_ptc2=forworthen|past_ptc3=forworden}} forworth (third-person singular simple present forworths, present participle forworthing, simple past forworthed or forword, past participle forworthed or forworthen or forworden)
  1. (intransitive, rare, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To perish, forfare; come to nought or ruin; go wrong. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-forworth-en-verb-yq6w~n7f Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 54 46
  2. (intransitive, rare, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To degenerate (into); become (something inferior); come to. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-forworth-en-verb-RAhr4aPn Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 54 46

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