verb · irregular · transitive · rare

forsling

forsling · forslings · forslung / forslong · forslinging

To swallow down; gobble upTo swallow down; gobble up.

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic)To swallow down; gobble up.

Origin

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle Dutch verslinden, from Old Dutch *farslindan (“to

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”).

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Forms

forslings, forslinging, forslung, forslung

Base form	forsling · to forsling
3rd person singular	forslings
Present participle	forslinging
Past simple	forslung / forslong
Past participle	forslung / forslong / forslongen

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	forsling
he, she, it	forslings

Past simpleLesson

all persons

forslung

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have forslung
he, she, it	has forslung

Future simple (will)Lesson