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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English forblāwan (“to blow; blow out; inflate”), equivalent to for- + blow.
Verb
forblowen (third-person singular simple present forbloweth, present participle forblowing, first-/third-person singular past indicative forblew, past participle forblowe or forblown)
- to blow (something) about, to drive or toss (as before the wind)
- The English Works of John Gower, 1393
- Tofor the weder forth thei gon,..Forstormed and forblowen sore.
- to blow up (something with wind); puff up, inflate
- The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, c.1460
- O, out on richesse with vanyte forblowe.
- The Pilgrimage of the Soul, 1500
- Where is youre boste, or daren ye appere With youre forblowyng vanyte.
References
- Middle English Dictionary