A variant spelling of 'forfeit,' meaning something surrendered or lost as a penalty.
Middle English 'forfet' from Old French 'forfait,' derived from Latin 'foris' (outside) and 'factum' (done)—something done beyond bounds deserving penalty.
This archaic spelling 'forfit' appears in medieval documents and shows how spelling was fluid before dictionaries standardized English—printers and scribes invented their own versions!
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