different between forsay vs forway

English

Etymology

From Middle English forsayen (“to renounce”), from Old English forse??an (“to accuse, accuse falsely, slander, speak about, discourse on”), equivalent to for- +? say. Cognate Dutch verzeggen (“to deny, forbid”), German Low German verseggen (“to refuse, deny”), German versagen (“to refuse, deny”), Swedish försäga (“to misspeak, say too much”). More at for-, say.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?(?)?se?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

forsay (third-person singular simple present forsays, present participle forsaying, simple past and past participle forsaid)

1. (archaic) to forbid; to renounce
2. (archaic) to deny, gainsay
3. (archaic) to forsake

Anagrams

• forays

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English forwayen, forweyen (“to go astay, go out of the way”), partly equivalent to for- +? way (compare Old English forwe?an (“to overcome, kill”)); and partly continuing, in altered form, Middle English forveien, forsveien, forvoyen (“to err, go astray”), from Old French forsveer, forvoier (“to go astray, err”).

Verb

forway (third-person singular simple present forways, present participle forwaying, simple past and past participle forwayed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.