To walk forward or ahead; to advance by walking, or to surpass in walking.
From Old English 'for-' prefix plus 'walk'. The compound reflects Old English patterns where 'for-' could intensify or directionalalize verb meanings, though this particular word didn't survive into Modern English.
Most 'for-' prefix verbs from Old English didn't make it to modern English—we have 'forget', 'forgive', 'forsake', but 'forwalk', 'forwake', and 'forvay' all vanished, showing how language constantly prunes less-useful forms!
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