forset
English
Alternative forms
- forsett (Scotland)
- fooarset, foorset, fwoorset (Cumbria)
Etymology
From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”).
Verb
forset (third-person singular simple present forsets, present participle forsetting, simple past and past participle forset)
- (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
- (transitive, dialectal, figuratively, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To upset; hinder.
- (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
- backset and forset
- (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
- (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.
References
- Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 468
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