forlætan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === forlētan === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *fralētaną, equivalent to for- +‎ lǣtan. Cognate with Old High German firlāzzan, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fralētan). Compare Icelandic forláta (“to forsake”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /forˈlæː.tɑn/ === Verb === forlǣtan (transitive) to leave [with accusative] Life of St. Guthlac c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot" c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr" c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary" c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" to abandon, desert, forsake late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin" to quit late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr" to allow Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church to stop an action to lose something early 12th century, note from a scribe to his apprentice, written on a copy of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: forleten English: forlet Scots: forleet