verb
forlet
Forlet (verb) means to abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
verb
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To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
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Etymology
From Middle English forleten (“forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive”), from Old English forlǣtan (“to leave”), from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (“to leave, dismiss”), equivalent to for- + let. Cognate with Scots forleet (“to forsake, abandon”), Saterland Frisian ferläite (“to forlet, abandon”), West Frisian forlitte (“to forlet”), Dutch verlaten (“to desert, abandon”), German verlassen (“to leave”), Swedish förlåta (“to excuse, forgive, remit”).
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"forlet" (verb) means to abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.