a. Obs. [Perh. for *forblet, pa. pple. of *forblete to make soft, f. blete soft.] ? Effeminate.
a. 1300. Fragm. Pop. Sc. (Wright), 275. A slouȝ wrecche and ferblet, fast and loth to ȝeve his god. Ibid., 280. Debonere ferblet, and lute luste to swynke.
