forway

From Late Middle English forwayen, forweyen (“to go astay, go out of the way”), partly equivalent to for- +‎ way (compare Old English forweġan (“to overcome, kill”)); and partly continuing, in altered form, Middle English forveien, forsveien, forvoyen (“to err, go astray”), from Old French forsveer, forvoier (“to go astray, err”).

forway (third-person singular simple present forways, present participle forwaying, simple past and past participle forwayed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.