"forlætan" meaning in Old English

See forlætan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /forˈlæː.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *fralētaną, equivalent to for- + lǣtan. Cognate with Old High German firlāzzan, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fralētan). Compare Icelandic forláta (“to forsake”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*fralētaną}} Proto-Germanic *fralētaną, {{prefix|ang|for|lǣtan}} for- + lǣtan, {{cog|goh|firlāzzan}} Old High German firlāzzan, {{cog|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fralētan), {{cog|is|forláta||to forsake}} Icelandic forláta (“to forsake”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|forlǣtan}} forlǣtan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|forlǣtan<s7>}} Forms: forlǣtan [canonical], strong [table-tags], forlǣtan [infinitive], forlǣtenne [infinitive], forlǣte [first-person, present, singular], forlēt [first-person, past, singular], forleort [first-person, past, singular], forlǣtst [present, second-person, singular], forlēte [past, second-person, singular], forleorte [past, second-person, singular], forlǣtt [present, singular, third-person], forlǣt [present, singular, third-person], forlēt [past, singular, third-person], forleort [past, singular, third-person], forlǣtaþ [plural, present], forlēton [past, plural], forleorton [past, plural], forlǣte [present, singular], forlēte [past, singular], forleorte [past, singular], forlǣten [plural, present], forlēten [past, plural], forleorten [past, plural], forlǣt [imperative, past, present, singular], forlǣtaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], forlǣtende [imperative, present], forlǣten [imperative, past]
  1. to leave
    Sense id: en-forlætan-ang-verb-dDKDyhdh Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 25 30 10 13
  2. to abandon, desert, forsake
    Sense id: en-forlætan-ang-verb-Ak8qn3PA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 25 30 10 13
  3. to quit
    Sense id: en-forlætan-ang-verb-DYzNTZp7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 25 30 10 13
  4. to allow
    Sense id: en-forlætan-ang-verb-TjiSwiVQ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 28 42 7 9 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with for-: 8 8 20 46 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 25 30 10 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 14 19 25 13 13
  5. to stop an action
    Sense id: en-forlætan-ang-verb-8PHCDFrK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 25 30 10 13
  6. to lose something
    Sense id: en-forlætan-ang-verb-McXpyWQC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 25 30 10 13
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "forleten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: forleten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: forleten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "forlet"
          },
          "expansion": "English: forlet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: forlet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "forleet"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: forleet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: forleet"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fralētaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fralētaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "lǣtan"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + lǣtan",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "firlāzzan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German firlāzzan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fralētan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "forláta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to forsake"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic forláta (“to forsake”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *fralētaną, equivalent to for- + lǣtan. Cognate with Old High German firlāzzan, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fralētan). Compare Icelandic forláta (“to forsake”).",
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      "form": "forlǣtan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "7",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
      "form": "forlǣtan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
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    {
      "form": "forlǣtst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "forlēte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forleorte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "forlǣtt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "forlēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "forleort",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleorton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleorte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleorten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forlǣtan"
      },
      "expansion": "forlǣtan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forlǣtan<s7>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 25 30 10 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He left the house three hours ago.",
          "text": "Hē forlēt þæt hūs for þrim tīdum.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Wilfrid said he left his two gloves on the ship.",
          "text": "Life of St. Guthlac\nWilfriþ cwæþ þæt hē forlēte his twā glōfan on þām sċipe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now go to the monastery if you can, and leave me alone.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"St. Benedict, Abbot\"\nGang nū tō mynstre ġif þū mæġe, and mē āna forlǣt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The child answered the mother, \"My mother, I know not how this year's course has ended, for I was resting in soft sleep, as thou didst leave me, until thou now again hast awakened me.\"",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr\"\nÞæt cild þære meder geandwyrde, \"Modor min, nyste ic hú ðyses geares ymryne geendode, forðan ðe ic softum slǣpe me gereste, swa swa ðu me forlēte, oð þæt þu eft me nu awrehtest.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let us now resume the gospel where we previously left it.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Purification of St. Mary\"\nUton fon nu on þæt godspel ðær we hit ær forlēton.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Peter and Andrew, by Christ's behest, straightways left their nets, and followed him.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nPetrus and Andreas, be Cristes hæse, ðærrihte forleton heora nett, and him fyligdon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave"
      ],
      "id": "en-forlætan-ang-verb-dDKDyhdh",
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "10 10 25 30 10 13",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where do you want me to go? To a deserted island?",
          "text": "Hwæder wilt þū þæt iċ gā? On forlǣten īeġland?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know that God will never forsake me,..",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Agnes, Virgin\"\nIc wat þæt god nele me næfre forlætan...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to abandon, desert, forsake"
      ],
      "id": "en-forlætan-ang-verb-Ak8qn3PA",
      "links": [
        [
          "abandon",
          "abandon"
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        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
        ],
        [
          "forsake",
          "forsake"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "10 10 25 30 10 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint George, Martyr\"\nNāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to quit"
      ],
      "id": "en-forlætan-ang-verb-DYzNTZp7",
      "links": [
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 28 42 7 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "10 10 25 30 10 13",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "16 14 19 25 13 13",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to allow"
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      "id": "en-forlætan-ang-verb-TjiSwiVQ",
      "links": [
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          "allow",
          "allow"
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "10 10 25 30 10 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stop an action"
      ],
      "id": "en-forlætan-ang-verb-8PHCDFrK",
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 25 30 10 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Write like this or better or lose your skin.",
          "text": "early 12th century, note from a scribe to his apprentice, written on a copy of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nWrīt þus oþþe bet oþþe þīne hȳd forlǣt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Someone lost his eyesight.",
          "text": "c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory\nSum mann forlēt his ēagena ġesihte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lose something"
      ],
      "id": "en-forlætan-ang-verb-McXpyWQC",
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈlæː.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forlætan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms prefixed with for-",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
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      ],
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    },
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        "1": "ang",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to forsake"
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  "forms": [
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
      "form": "forlǣtan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleort",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleorte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleort",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleorton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleorte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlēten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forleorten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣtende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forlǣten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forlǣtan"
      },
      "expansion": "forlǣtan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forlǣtan<s7>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He left the house three hours ago.",
          "text": "Hē forlēt þæt hūs for þrim tīdum.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Wilfrid said he left his two gloves on the ship.",
          "text": "Life of St. Guthlac\nWilfriþ cwæþ þæt hē forlēte his twā glōfan on þām sċipe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now go to the monastery if you can, and leave me alone.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"St. Benedict, Abbot\"\nGang nū tō mynstre ġif þū mæġe, and mē āna forlǣt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The child answered the mother, \"My mother, I know not how this year's course has ended, for I was resting in soft sleep, as thou didst leave me, until thou now again hast awakened me.\"",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr\"\nÞæt cild þære meder geandwyrde, \"Modor min, nyste ic hú ðyses geares ymryne geendode, forðan ðe ic softum slǣpe me gereste, swa swa ðu me forlēte, oð þæt þu eft me nu awrehtest.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let us now resume the gospel where we previously left it.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Purification of St. Mary\"\nUton fon nu on þæt godspel ðær we hit ær forlēton.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Peter and Andrew, by Christ's behest, straightways left their nets, and followed him.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nPetrus and Andreas, be Cristes hæse, ðærrihte forleton heora nett, and him fyligdon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to leave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Where do you want me to go? To a deserted island?",
          "text": "Hwæder wilt þū þæt iċ gā? On forlǣten īeġland?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know that God will never forsake me,..",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint Agnes, Virgin\"\nIc wat þæt god nele me næfre forlætan...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to abandon, desert, forsake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abandon",
          "abandon"
        ],
        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
        ],
        [
          "forsake",
          "forsake"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint George, Martyr\"\nNāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to quit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to allow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stop an action"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stop",
          "stop"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Write like this or better or lose your skin.",
          "text": "early 12th century, note from a scribe to his apprentice, written on a copy of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nWrīt þus oþþe bet oþþe þīne hȳd forlǣt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Someone lost his eyesight.",
          "text": "c. 900, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory\nSum mann forlēt his ēagena ġesihte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lose something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈlæː.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forlætan"
}

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