"forolded" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

Forms: for-olded [alternative]
Etymology: Past participle of forolden, forealdien, from Old English forealdian (“to grow old, decay”). Cognate with Dutch verouderd (“outdated, obsolete, old-fashioned”), German veraltet (“outdated, obsolete, antiquated”), Swedish föråldrad (“outdated, antiquated, archaic”). More at for-, eld, old. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|forealdian|t=to grow old, decay}} Old English forealdian (“to grow old, decay”), {{cog|nl|verouderd|t=outdated, obsolete, old-fashioned}} Dutch verouderd (“outdated, obsolete, old-fashioned”), {{cog|de|veraltet|t=outdated, obsolete, antiquated}} German veraltet (“outdated, obsolete, antiquated”), {{cog|sv|föråldrad|t=outdated, antiquated, archaic}} Swedish föråldrad (“outdated, antiquated, archaic”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} forolded, {{enm-adj}} forolded
  1. worn out with age; very old
    Sense id: en-forolded-enm-adj-liPoRojA Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. obsolete
    Sense id: en-forolded-enm-adj-uAzYYQUa
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