forleten
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- To forsake, disregard, abandon; reject; intr. to be neglectful
- To cease or neglect
- To leave out, omit, pass over, overlook
- To yield, to give up, resign; renounce; to put away; to release, let go, refrain from injuring
- To lose (something), be deprived of; forfeit; lose track of
- To give or forgive; allow, permit, grant
- To let (blood); eliminate, to discharge; of a disease: to leave (someone).
Etymology
Inherited from Old English forlǣtan (leave) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (dismiss, leave).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fralētaną
Gloss
dismiss, leave
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process