forsling

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English [Term?], from Middle Dutch verslinden, from Old Dutch *farslindan (“to devour”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan, from Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną (“to devour”), equivalent to for- +‎ Proto-Germanic *slindaną (“to devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, creep”). Cognate with Dutch verslinden (“to devour”), Middle Low German vorslinden (“to devour, eat up”), German verschlinden, verschlingen (“to devour, swallow up”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (fraslindan, “to gobble, swallow, devour”). === Verb === forsling (third-person singular simple present forslings, present participle forslinging, simple past forslung or forslong, past participle forslung or forslong or forslongen) (transitive, archaic) To swallow down; gobble up. === Anagrams === Rolfings