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1 forare [CL] 1 to bore through, make hole in. dum ipsas [naves] ~atas ingrediens fluvius absorberet G. Mon. IV 7; V. Merl. 517 (v. 1 dissuere 1a); est autem orti hujus clausura integra, firma et alta. ne †mille [? l. mali] artifex diabolus vel debilem frangat, vel ~atam ineat, vel imam transeat W. Ramsey Cant. f. 189v. 2 to perforate, pierce, stab. spicula, / quibus infesti fortibus / forant thoracas humeris (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 3. 30; latus quod lancea ~atum fuerat Bede Luke 630; ~ata, †formine ulnerata [MS: foramine vulnerata] GlH F 555; constat enim inter bibendum sica ~atum W. Malm. GP II 86; ipsum per arma et medium corpus ~atum humi ‥ prostravit G. Mon. X 4; palmis, costa, pedibus, in cruce foratis / regno nos restituit Poésies pop. 73; culex aculeo forat articulam Walt. Wimb. Carm. 393.

2 forare, ~ari [cf. foragium] , to forage. s1191 de incredibili victoria regis Ricardi et suorum ‥ dum furrarent contra Turcos defendencium Itin. Ric. IV 30 tit. (cf. ib.: exierunt ‥ ad queritandam herbam equis suis et pabulum jumentis); s1242 quidam de Francis discurrebant emolumentis victualium intendentes, quod vulgariter forrari dicitur M. Par. Maj. IV 212.

3 forare [cf. forum 4, AN affoerer] , to assess (price of), bargain for. Cf. afforare, forizare. 1278 quod portitor bladi non vendat vel mensuret bladum nec presumat ingredi cymiterium, domum, vel navem ad bladum ~andum nec manum super bladum inponat quousque vocatus fuerit per illos qui bladum emerint LBLond. A f. 130 (cf. ib. Bf. 200v, MGL I 272: ne ‥ affoerer ne mayn sur blee mettre; ib. I 692: ad bladum ~andum).

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