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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Scotch form of forgive.

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Examples

  • Pulling his protector by the sleeve, ‘Mr. Herries — Mr. Herries,’ he whispered, eagerly, ‘ye have done me mair than ae gude turn, and if ye will but do me anither at this dead pinch, I’ll forgie the girded keg of brandy that you and Captain Sir Harry Redgimlet drank out yon time.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • “Now, Cot forgie your honour,” said Janet; “for it is no like your ainsell to give such names to a faitherless bairn.”

    Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

  • If she has sinned, she has sorrowed and suffered, and ye ken better than me, that we maun forgie others, as we pray to be forgien.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is — God forgie me!

    Rob Roy 2005

  • “I believe I could forgie ye, for you did me a good turn once, in plucking me out of it,” said the Scot.

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • “God forgie me! what hae I done?” said the repentant fille-de-chambre.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • Tha knows't me well enow to know I'll ne'er forgie thee for what tha's done.

    One Day at Arle 1996

  • She wor all th 'world I cared fur, an' she'll ne'er forgie me, for she's a hard un -- she is.

    One Day at Arle 1996

  • (God forgie us baith for the hypothesis) man has a mortal or an immortal sowl -- be a Phoenix -- or an Eister!

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828 Various

  • "Robin," he said, "thou hast used me ill enough this day; but if you mean, like a frank fellow, to shake hands, and take a tussel for love on the sod, why I'll forgie thee, man, and we shall be better friends than ever."

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 Various

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