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forsgeter (s.xii1)

The form horsjettre is a cross reference to the following entry:

forsgeter (s.xii1)

foregeter;  forsjeter,  forsjuter;  horsgetter,  horsjettre,  orsgeter,  orsgettre  (hors jettre  TLL ii 112.69)  
  FEW:  jactare 5,16b Gdf:  forgeter 4,78a GdfC:  forjeter 9,640a TL: forsjeter 3,2149 DEAF:  jeter (forsjeter) J304 DMF:  forjeter  TLF:  forgeter  OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to eject, evict, cast out
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Seient forsgeté de lur habitaciuns  Oxf Ps ANTS 110.108.9
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  le regne des ciels dunt il fu forsjuté  GUISCH 1566
( c.1241; MS: s.xiii2 )  e ceus ki teus serrunt trovez u de queus tele fame surd ke il soyent fors jeté de vostre maysnee  HENLEY2 400.xvii
( 1333 )  qe ils ne soient pas hors gettés en nulle manere fors soulement par procés de commune ley d'Escoce nient contresteant ascune seisine ou possession eue devant le dit jour  Rot Scot i 253
to cast aside
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Le pechié fors geta, Plura amerement, e Deu li parduna  Becket1 1345
2to bar
( 1308-09 )  si il nous put estranger de ceste avowerie il horsgettereit le seignur qe il ne put de sa seignurye s'eyder  YBB Ed II ii 27
3 med. to extract, take out, remove
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  A festre et a cancre pernés Un oef et l'aubun fors getés  Pop Med 183.1000

p.p. as a.

hanging out
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  La gist gule baee, Sa lange ors getee  Best ants 1784

See also:

fors1  geter 
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horsjettre