forlet

English

Alternative forms

• * forelet, forleet, forleit, forlete, foreleit

Etymology

From Middle English forleten (“forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive”), from Old English forlǣtan (“to abandon, forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive”), from Proto-Germanic *farlētaną (“to leave, dismiss”), equivalent to for- +‎ let. Cognate with Scots forleet (“to forsake, abandon”), West Frisian forlitte (“to forlet”), Dutch verlaten (“to desert”), German verlassen (“to leave”), Swedish förlåta (“to excuse, forgive, remit”).

Verb

forlet (third-person singular simple present forlets, present participle forletting, simple past and past participle forlet)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect. [10th-17th c.]

   to forlet your sins

2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forget.

Anagrams

• floret
• lofter