to forage, hunt or plunder in order to collect supplies:
(
s.xiiim;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Sir, li Sarrazin viegnent qe .iij. jours unt furee: Mult mei vient a merveille dunt il sunt arivee
Dest Rome1 648
(
c.1290;
MS: s.xivin
)
Dounc jeo le fesey forveher, Ly leer ke vint la forreher
(M.E. seke forage)
BIBB ROTH (T) 265
(
s.xiv1;
MS: s.xivm
)
Laquele, com ele
(=Hagar) s’en y alast, foreia el desert de Barsalee
Genesis ANB 233
foraging, hunting or plundering in order to collect supplies:
(
1306
)
ses gentils homes e sa altre mesné viveent de lour purchas & et
(l. purchas et) de lour foreer si le pais [...] de guerre soit a çoe suffisaunt
Private Indentures 46
foreer (s.xiiim)