Fordo (orthogr. of M. Edd.) or Foredo (orth. of O. Edd.) 1) to undo, destroy: “--es itself,” Hml. II, 1, 103. “f. its own life,” V, 1, 244. “she fordid herself,” Lr. V, 3, 255. “have --ne themselves,” Lr. V, 3, 255 “this is the night that either makes me or --es me,” Oth. V, 1, 129.
2) to overcome, to exhaust: “all with weary task --ne,” Mids. V, 381.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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