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forlagen

forlagen adjective: exhausted; worn out.

Adjective

forlagen (comparative more forlagen, superlative most forlagen)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Exhausted; worn out.

Forms of forlagen

comparativemore forlagen
superlativemost forlagen

Origin of forlagen

Origin obscure, but apparently akin to Scots forlegen, forlagen (“utterly worn out, completely exhausted”), Danish and Norwegian forlegen (“embarrassed, perplexed”), Dutch verlagen (“abashed, degraded, soiled, abased”), equivalent to for- + lain. The sense development may be due to Scandinavian influence, compare Faroese leggjask firi (“to become exhausted”), Old Norse leggjask fyrir (“to give up hope”).

Questions about forlagen

What does forlagen mean?
Forlagen means exhausted; worn out.
What part of speech is forlagen?
Forlagen is an adjective.

Words near forlagen in the dictionary

  1. forkweed
  2. forkwise
  3. forky
  4. forkytail
  5. forkytails
  6. forlagen
  7. forlaid
  8. forlain
  9. forlana
  10. forlanas
  11. forlat

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