forblowen

== Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English forblāwan (“to blow; blow out; inflate”), equivalent to for- +‎ blow. === Verb === forblowen (third-person singular simple present forbloweth, present participle forblowing, first-/third-person singular past indicative forblew, past participle forblowe or forblown) to blow (something) about, to drive or toss (as before the wind) The English Works of John Gower, 1393 Tofor the weder forth thei gon,..Forstormed and forblowen sore. to blow up (something with wind); puff up, inflate The Minor Poems of John Lydgate, c.1460 O, out on richesse with vanyte forblowe. The Pilgrimage of the Soul, 1500 Where is youre boste, or daren ye appere With youre forblowyng vanyte. === References === Middle English Dictionary