forjudge

The story

1. Middle English · derived fromfor-
2. Old French · derived fromfourjugier“to judge illegally, dispossess”
3. Middle English · inherited fromforjugen
4. English todayforjudge

From Middle English forjugen; in sense 1, from Old French fourjugier (“to judge illegally, dispossess”); in sense 2, from Middle English for- + jugen (“to judge”), equivalent to for- + judge. Compare fordeem.

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