forlet
forlet · forlets · forlet · forletting
To forgetTo forget.
Meaning
2 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To forget.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive)To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
to forlet your sins
Origin
From Middle English forleten (“forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive”), from OldFrom 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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Forms
forlets, forletting, forlet, forletLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle