different between forwake vs fortake

English

Etymology

From Middle English forwaken, forwakien, equivalent to for- +? wake.

Verb

forwake (third-person singular simple present forwakes, present participle forwaking, simple past and past participle forwaked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
   • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis

     He was forwept, he was forwaked.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- +? take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).

Verb

fortake (third-person singular simple present fortakes, present participle fortaking, simple past fortook, past participle fortaken)

1. (transitive) To take away; remove; deprive.
   • 1866, Couldrette, Walter William Skeat, The romans of Partenay, or of Lusignen:

     With thys fair lady ther fortake ueryly, [...]
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mistake; make a mistake.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To aim or deal a blow at; hit.

Anagrams

• take for