forcasten

English

Etymology

Originally the past participle of obsolete forcast (“to cast away”); also from Middle English forcasten, a variant of forcast (“rejected, cast away”), past participle of forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), equivalent to for- +‎ cast.

Adjective

forcasten (comparative more forcasten, superlative most forcasten)

1. (obsolete) Felled, fallen.
2. (archaic, UK dialectal) Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off.
   • 1891, Samuel Rutherford, Letters of Samuel Rutherford:

     I think Christ lieth like an old forcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him.

3. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Abandoned; forlorn.
   • 1976, David Craig, Scottish literature and the Scottish people:

     They dread full ill I was right poor, By my forcasten company.

Anagrams

• foscarnet, fractones

Middle English

Etymology

From for- +‎ casten (“to throw, cast”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”).

Verb

forcasten

1. to reject, cast away
2. alternative past participle of forcasten

Adjective

forcasten

1. neglected