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Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to for- + hātan.
Pronunciation
Verb
forhātan
- to promise or vow not to do
- to renounce, forswear
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Ne lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.- I desire none of those meats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.
- to declare criminal, outlaw, forbid
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