forhow

== English == === Alternative forms === forhoo, forhooie, forhooy, forhui, furhow === Etymology === From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian (“to neglect, disregard, despise”), equivalent to for- +‎ how. Cognate with Old Saxon farhuggjan, Old High German farhuggan. === Verb === forhow (third-person singular simple present forhows, present participle forhowing, simple past and past participle forhowed) (transitive, obsolete) To despise; scorn. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forsake; quit; abandon; desert. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To cast off; scorn.