v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + IRK.] intr. To grow weary or disgusted. Const. of or to with inf.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3657.
| He gerneden after oðer mete[n], | |
| Of manna he ben for-hirked to eten. |
1563. Mirr. Mag., Hen. Dk. Buckhm., xlvi.
| For loe his wife foreyrked [ed. 1587, foreyrking] of his raygne, | |
| Sleping in bed this cruel wretche hath slayne. |
