fordwine

From Middle English fordwinen, from Old English fordwīnan (“to dwindle away, vanish”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (“for-”), *dwīnaną (“to disappear, dwindle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dgʷhey- (“to disappear, die”), equivalent to for- +‎ dwine. Cognate with Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, vanish”). More at for-, dwine.

fordwine (third-person singular simple present fordwines, present participle fordwining, simple past and past participle fordwined)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To fade away; waste away; decay; dwindle; wither; vanish.
   • Geoffrey Chaucer,The Romaunt of the Rose.

     Her face frounced and forpined And both hir hondes lorne fordwined So old she was, that she ne went A foote.

• forewind