forfoughten

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Middle English

Adjective

forfoughten

  1. exhausted from fighting
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book II (in Middle English):
      Now what is best to doo sayd kyng Lot of Orkeney whether is me better to treate with kynge Arthur or to fyghte / for the gretter party of oure peple are slayne / and destroyed / Syr said a knyght set on arthur for they are wery and forfoughten and we be fresshe
      Now what is best to do? said King Lot of Orkney; whether is me better to treat with King Arthur or to fight, for the greater part of our people are slain and destroyed? Sir, said a knight, set on Arthur for they are weary and forfoughten and we be fresh.