forleten

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English forlǣtan (to leave), from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną.

Verb

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forleten (third-person singular simple present forleteth, present participle forlette, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle forleten)

  1. To forsake, disregard, abandon; reject; intr. to be neglectful
    Þe same I will do þe Þat for-lete at my lare. — Man þus on rode ... Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, c1425
  2. To cease or neglect
  3. To leave out, omit, pass over, overlook
    We shule tellen alle ure gultes..and no þing of þe soðe forlete. — Trinity Homilies, 1225
  4. To yield, to give up, resign; renounce; to put away; to release, let go, refrain from injuring
    Repentant folk that stynte for to synne and forlete synne er that synne forlete hem. — Chaucer, c1390
  5. To lose (something), be deprived of; forfeit; lose track of
    Moo renovelaunces of olde forleten aqueyntaunces. — Chaucer, c1380
  6. To give or forgive; allow, permit, grant
    Þam þe he her on worlde mucel to forlæteþ, mucel he to þam eft seceð. — Homilies in MS Bodley, 1175
  7. To let (blood); eliminate, to discharge; of a disease: to leave (someone).
    Þe king him gon to sweten, þat ufel hine gon forleten. — — Layamon's Brut, 1275
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Descendants

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  • English: forlet
  • Scots: forleet

References

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  • Middle English Dictionary