"forsling" meaning in English

See forsling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: forslings [present, singular, third-person], forslinging [participle, present], forslung [past], forslong [past], forslung [participle, past], forslongen [participle, past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|dum|verslinden}} Middle Dutch verslinden, {{der|en|odt|*farslindan||to devour}} Old Dutch *farslindan (“to devour”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*fraslindan}} Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fraslindaną||to devour}} Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną (“to devour”), {{prefix|en|for}} for- +, {{cog|gem-pro|*slindaną||to devour}} Proto-Germanic *slindaną (“to devour”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sel-||to sneak, creep}} Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, creep”), {{cog|nl|verslinden||to devour}} Dutch verslinden (“to devour”), {{cog|gml|vorslinden||to devour, eat up}} Middle Low German vorslinden (“to devour, eat up”), {{cog|de|verschlinden}} German verschlinden, {{cog|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽||to gobble, swallow, devour}} Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (fraslindan, “to gobble, swallow, devour”) Head templates: {{en-verb|forslings|forslinging|forslung|past2=forslong|past_ptc2=forslongen}} forsling (third-person singular simple present forslings, present participle forslinging, simple past forslung or forslong, past participle forslung or forslongen)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To swallow down; gobble up. Tags: archaic, transitive

Inflected forms

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