v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + HUNGER v.;—Ger. verhungern.] trans. To make very hungry; to cause to die of hunger; to starve. Only in pa. pple. and ppl. adj. Forhungered.
c. 1200. Ormin, 11567. Iesu Crist forrhunngredd wass.
c. 1275. Lay., 23562.
| Mid Þan wrecche folke | |
| þat lai þar for-hongered. |
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 2515. Þei … eten at here ese · for þei were for-hungred.
c. 1425. Seven Sag. (P.), 963.
| The knave kast the bore a-doune, | |
| And he was for-ungrid sore, | |
| And ete, and nolde hew no more. |
1481. Caxton, Reynard (Arb.), 114. Thenne ben they extorcionners and scatte and pylle the peple, and eten them lyke as they were forhongred hounds.
1894. F. S. Ellis, Reynard, 323–4.
| When they some post of honour fill, | |
| The poor eftsoons they spoil and pill, | |
| And rob them like for-hungered hounds, | |
| Setting unto their lust no bounds. |
