See forsling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for forsling meaning in English (3.8kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle English [Term?]",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "verslinden"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch verslinden",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*farslindan",
"4": "",
"5": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *farslindan (“to devour”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*fraslindan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fraslindaną",
"4": "",
"5": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną (“to devour”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "for"
},
"expansion": "for- +",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*slindaną",
"3": "",
"4": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slindaną (“to devour”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sel-",
"4": "",
"5": "to sneak, creep"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, creep”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "verslinden",
"3": "",
"4": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Dutch verslinden (“to devour”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "vorslinden",
"3": "",
"4": "to devour, eat up"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German vorslinden (“to devour, eat up”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "verschlinden"
},
"expansion": "German verschlinden",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽",
"3": "",
"4": "to gobble, swallow, devour"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (fraslindan, “to gobble, swallow, devour”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "forslings",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "forslinging",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "forslung",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "forslong",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "forslung",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "forslongen",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "forslings",
"2": "forslinging",
"3": "forslung",
"past2": "forslong",
"past_ptc2": "forslongen"
},
"expansion": "forsling (third-person singular simple present forslings, present participle forslinging, simple past forslung or forslong, past participle forslung or forslongen)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with for-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1924, William John Thoms, Henry Morley, Roger Bacon, Early English Prose Romances",
"text": "He hath waited by night and day in such wise that he hath stolen so many of my children that of fifteen I have but four, in such wise hath this thief forslongen them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To swallow down; gobble up."
],
"id": "en-forsling-en-verb-ZINqkwRH",
"links": [
[
"swallow",
"swallow"
],
[
"gobble up",
"gobble up"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To swallow down; gobble up."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "forsling"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle English [Term?]",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "verslinden"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch verslinden",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*farslindan",
"4": "",
"5": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *farslindan (“to devour”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*fraslindan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fraslindaną",
"4": "",
"5": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fraslindaną (“to devour”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "for"
},
"expansion": "for- +",
"name": "prefix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*slindaną",
"3": "",
"4": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slindaną (“to devour”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sel-",
"4": "",
"5": "to sneak, creep"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, creep”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "verslinden",
"3": "",
"4": "to devour"
},
"expansion": "Dutch verslinden (“to devour”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "vorslinden",
"3": "",
"4": "to devour, eat up"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German vorslinden (“to devour, eat up”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "verschlinden"
},
"expansion": "German verschlinden",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽",
"3": "",
"4": "to gobble, swallow, devour"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (fraslindan, “to gobble, swallow, devour”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "forslings",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "forslinging",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "forslung",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "forslong",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "forslung",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "forslongen",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "forslings",
"2": "forslinging",
"3": "forslung",
"past2": "forslong",
"past_ptc2": "forslongen"
},
"expansion": "forsling (third-person singular simple present forslings, present participle forslinging, simple past forslung or forslong, past participle forslung or forslongen)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Dutch",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms prefixed with for-",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs",
"Middle English term requests",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1924, William John Thoms, Henry Morley, Roger Bacon, Early English Prose Romances",
"text": "He hath waited by night and day in such wise that he hath stolen so many of my children that of fifteen I have but four, in such wise hath this thief forslongen them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To swallow down; gobble up."
],
"links": [
[
"swallow",
"swallow"
],
[
"gobble up",
"gobble up"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To swallow down; gobble up."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "forsling"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.