An archaic or dialectal form meaning to bathe completely or excessively.
Old English 'for-' (completely) + 'bathe.' This follows the pattern of intensive prefixes in Germanic languages that modify verbs to suggest total or thorough action.
This word is so rare that it barely survives in any modern dictionaries, but it shows how Old English speakers could take everyday words like 'bathe' and intensify them with prefixes—a creative linguistic tool.
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