v. Obs. Forms: 1 feorsian, fyrsian, 3 fersien, firsin, fursen, Orm. ferrsenn. [OE. feorsian, fyrsian, f. feor, FAR.] trans. To remove, put at a distance; hence, to forsake; with refl. pron. as obj. to withdraw, go away.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Lamb.) lxxii[i]. 27. (Toller). Ða ðe fyrsiaþ hiȝ fram ðe.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 205. Fersien hit fro him swo þat he it nabbe.
c. 1200. Ormim, 19663.
Nohht ne birrþ þe ferrsenn þe, | |
Ne flen fra þeȝȝm off tune. |
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 76. He furseð him awei urommard ure stefne.
a. 1225. Juliana, 16. Ne schal me firsin him from: nowðer deouel ne mon.