forwork

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forwirken, forwerken, forwurchen, from Old English forwyrċan (“to do wrong, sin; ruin, undo, destroy; condemn, convict, curse; forfeit; barricade, obstruct, close up”), from Proto-Germanic *frawurkijaną, equivalent to for- + work. Cognate with Dutch verwerken (“to digest, assimilate, work up, put into action”), German verwirken (“to forfeit”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (frawaurkjan).

inherited from *frawurkijaną✻
inherited from forwyrċan — “to do wrong, sin; ruin, undo, destroy; condemn, convict, curse; forfeit; barricade, obstruct, close up”
inherited from forwirken

Definitions

To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.)
To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
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To obstruct
To obstruct; barricade; block.
- And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.
To do wrong to
To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
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  To overwork
  To overwork; exhaust with toil.
  - And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA