What does forspent mean?
Forspent means (archaic, poetic) exhausted.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic, poetic) exhausted.
IV. But he felt no hunger, and unheeded Left the wine, and eager for the rest Which his limbs, forspent with travel, needed, On the couch he laid him, still undress'd.
Messire Gawain taketh it, for his own was broken short, and departeth from the knight and commendeth him to God. And he goeth his way a great pace, and Messire Gawain also goeth amidst the forest, and full weary is he and forspent with travail.
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Forspent means (archaic, poetic) exhausted.
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IV. But he felt no hunger, and unheeded Left the wine, and eager for the rest Which his limbs, forspent with travel, needed, On the couch he laid him, still undress'd.
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