ppl. a. Also 6 Sc. forlane. [pa. pple. of FORLIE v.]
I. 1. Of a woman: That has lost her chastity. Also, as a term of abuse for either sex.
c. 1290. S. Eng. Leg., I. 462/6. Ake of a womman ichchulle ov telle, þat was sunful and for-lein.
c. 1450. Henryson, Test. Cres., 139.
Bot now, allace! that seid with froist is slane, | |
And I fra luifferis left, and all forlane. | |
[But this may belong to sense 2.] |
1508. Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 137.
For, or he clym on my corse, that carybald forlane, | |
I have conditioun of a churche of kersp all ther fynest. |
II. 2. App. used for: (? Laid aside), forgotten.
c. 1320. Sir Tristr., 1585.
Tristrem, þis þef is he, | |
Þat may be nouȝt for lain. |
[c. 1450: see under sense 1.]
1560. Rolland, The Court of Venus, IV. 494.
All faltis bygane of quhilkis he was culpabill | |
He did or said be crimes criminabill, | |
Be quite forȝet, ouirsene, and all forlane. |