Forlet

Alternative forms

• * forelet, forleet, forleit, forlete, foreleit

Origin

From Middle English forleten ("forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive"), from Old English forlǣtan ("to abandon, forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive"), from Proto-Germanic *farlētaną ("to leave, dismiss"), equivalent to - + let. Cognate with Scots forleet ("to forsake, abandon"), West Frisian forlitte ("to forlet"), Dutch verlaten ("to desert"), German verlassen ("to leave"), Swedish förlåta ("to excuse, forgive, remit").

Full definition of forlet

Verb

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect. 10th-17th c.to forlet your sins
2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forget.

Anagrams

• floret
• lofter