Forberyng

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. A Middle English form meaning the act of holding back from doing something ; the act of bearing hardship or provocation with patience and restraint
2. An archaic term for refraining from an action or indulgence ; a term for tolerating difficulties calmly and without complaint
3. Describing the withholding of oneself from a deed or pleasure ; describing the calm endurance of trouble or offence without retaliating

Etymology: In Middle English, "forberyng" was a verbal noun meaning abstaining, refraining, or enduring patiently, the activity of holding oneself back. It comes from the verb "forberen," which descends from Old English "forberan," "to endure, tolerate, or abstain." The verb is built from "for-" and "beran," "to bear," a word that also gave modern English "bear" in the sense of carrying or enduring. The prefix "for-" here does not mean "before" or "in front," as it might suggest. In Old English it could mean "away," "against," or "thoroughly," as in "forbid" and "forgo." So to "forbear" was to bear something away from oneself, or to bear it through in full, which is how the sense of restraint grew out of the simple idea of carrying.