An extremely archaic term of uncertain meaning, possibly related to hauling or dragging with the 'for-' prefix intensifying the action.
Obscure Old English or Middle English term combining 'for-' (intensive) with a root similar to 'hale' (to drag or pull). Very rare in surviving texts; exact etymology uncertain.
Words like 'forhaile' are why linguists love old manuscripts—they're fossils of a language where speakers just kept adding 'for-' to verbs to mean 'really intensely,' creating countless one-off words we barely understand now.
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