v. Obs. [OE. fortéon (= OHG. farziuhan, Ger. verziehen), f. FOR- pref.1 + téon to draw.] trans. To draw away (to evil); to seduce.

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a. 1000.  Crist, 268 (Gr.).

        To þam upcundan æþelan rice
þonan us æer þurh synlust se swearta gæst
forteah and fortylde.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 87. Þe fule gost ef[t] into his wunienge, and forteð þat child, swo leng swo more to here wille.

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a. 1250.  The Proverbs of Ælfred, 334, in O. E. Misc., 122.

        For hit seyþ in þe l[e]oþ
as scumes forteoþ
hit is ifurn iseyd
þat cold red is quene red.

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