"forfete" meaning in Middle English

See forfete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: See forfeit. Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} forfete
  1. To incur a penalty; to transgress.
    Sense id: en-forfete-enm-verb-Pn1JI2KO Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "See forfeit.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "forfete",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And all this suffered Jesus Christ, who never sinned.",
          "roman": "And al this suffred Iesu Crist, that nevere forfeted.",
          "text": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 12, line 273",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To incur a penalty; to transgress."
      ],
      "id": "en-forfete-enm-verb-Pn1JI2KO",
      "links": [
        [
          "transgress",
          "transgress"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfete"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "See forfeit.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "forfete",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Middle English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And all this suffered Jesus Christ, who never sinned.",
          "roman": "And al this suffred Iesu Crist, that nevere forfeted.",
          "text": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 12, line 273",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To incur a penalty; to transgress."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transgress",
          "transgress"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfete"
}

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