forsage

== Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German vorsaken, from Old Saxon farsakan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan. ==== Verb ==== forsage (imperative forsag, infinitive at forsage, present tense forsager, past tense forsagede, perfect tense forsaget) to give up, forsake, abandon, renounce (religion) to denounce (the devil) Coordinate term: fornægte ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== forsagelse === Etymology 2 === From Middle Low German vorsagen. Compare German verzagen. ==== Verb ==== forsage (imperative forsag, infinitive at forsage, present tense forsager, past tense forsagede, perfect tense forsagt) (obsolete) to despond ===== Conjugation ===== ===== See also ===== forsagt === References === “forsage” in Den Danske Ordbog “forsage” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === forsake (more commonly) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German vorsaken, from Old Saxon farsakan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”). === Verb === forsage (present tense forsager, simple past and past participle forsaga or forsaget, present participle forsagende) to give up, relinquish to denounce (the devil) ==== Derived terms ==== forsagelse === References === “forsage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.