forein

English

Adjective

forein (comparative more forein, superlative most forein)

1. Obsolete spelling of foreign.

Anagrams

• infero-, on fire

Middle English

Adjective

forein

1. Alternative form of foreyn
   • 14th c. Chaucer (Translator); Boethius; De Consolatione Philosophiae; Book 3, Metur 9; lines 2419–2421

     [N]e / forein causes necesseden þe neuer to compoune werke / of floterynge mater.

     No external causes impelled thee to mix [thy essence] with floating matter

Noun

forein

1. Alternative form of foreyn

Old French

Adjective

forein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular foreine)

1. Alternative form of forain