Archaic past participle of 'forlie,' meaning to lie before or in front of something.
From Old English 'forlicgan,' combining 'for-' (before, away) + 'licgan' (to lie). The prefix 'for-' in Old English often intensified or negated the following verb's meaning.
This word shows how 'for-' prefixes in Old English could completely transform a verb's meaning—'licgan' meant 'to lie,' but 'forlicgan' meant something entirely different, like how modern English 'over' changes 'look' to 'overlook' with a totally different sense.
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