All 11 Uses of
forsake
in
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II
- Alas, said Sir Bersules, what mean you? for ye be set in such a way ye are disposed shamefully; for Sir Tristram is the knight of most worship that we know living, and therefore I warn you plainly I will never consent to do him to the death; and therefore I will yield my service, and forsake you.†
Book 10
- That is me loath to do, said Sir Dinadan, because ye forsook my fellowship.†
Book 10 *
- How the second day Palomides forsook Sir Tristram, and went to the contrary part against him.†
Book 10
- See how Sir Tristram hunteth, and hawketh, and cowereth within a castle with his lady, and forsaketh your worship.†
Book 12
- Then Sir Galahad drew out his sword, and set upon them so hard that it was marvel to see it, and so through great force he made them to forsake the field; and Galahad chased them till they entered into the castle, and so passed through the castle at another gate.†
Book 13
- For I dare say, as sinful as Sir Launcelot hath been, sith that he went into the quest of the Sangreal he slew never man, nor nought shall, till that he come unto Camelot again, for he hath taken upon him for to forsake sin.†
Book 16
- And for great goodness he hath taken him to wilful poverty, and forsaken many lands, and his name is Sir Baudwin of Brittany, and he is a full noble surgeon and a good leech.†
Book 18
- And now I have forborne half a year, and suffered you and Sir Gawaine to do what ye would do; and now may I endure it no longer, for now must I needs defend myself, insomuch Sir Gawaine hath appealed me of treason; the which is greatly against my will that ever I should fight against any of your blood, but now I may not forsake it, I am driven thereto as a beast till a bay.†
Book 20
- Therefore, Sir Launcelot, I require thee and beseech thee heartily, for all the love that ever was betwixt us, that thou never see me more in the visage; and I command thee, on God's behalf, that thou forsake my company, and to thy kingdom thou turn again, and keep well thy realm from war and wrack; for as well as I have loved thee, mine heart will not serve me to see thee, for through thee and me is the flower of kings and knights destroyed; therefore, Sir Launcelot, go to thy realm,…†
Book 21
- Well, madam, said he, ye say as pleaseth you, yet wist you me never false of my promise, and God defend but I should forsake the world as ye have done.†
Book 21
- For in the quest of the Sangreal I had forsaken the vanities of the world had not your lord been.†
Book 21
Definition:
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(forsake) to abandon or give up on -- such as someone who needs you, or an idea, or a place