forswat

adj

forswat

adj

Etymology From Middle English forswat, from Old English *forswǣtt, *forswǣted, past participle of Old English *forswǣtan (“to sweat excessively”), equivalent to for- + sweat.

Obsolete Overheated; covered with sweat.

She is my Goddess plain, And I her Shepherd's Swain, Albe forswonk and forswat I am.1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender Conteyning twelve Æglogues proportionable to the twelve monethes, London: Printed by Hugh Singleton:

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