forlagen

== English == === Etymology === Origin obscure, but apparently akin to Scots forlegen, forlagen (“utterly worn out, completely exhausted”), Danish and Norwegian forlegen (“embarrassed, perplexed”), Dutch verlagen (“abashed, degraded, soiled, abased”), equivalent to for- +‎ lain. The sense development may be due to Scandinavian influence, compare Faroese leggjask firi (“to become exhausted”), Old Norse leggjask fyrir (“to give up hope”). === Adjective === forlagen (comparative more forlagen, superlative most forlagen) (obsolete, UK dialectal) Exhausted; worn out. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:fatigued === Anagrams === angle for