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forsling

forsling verb: to swallow down; gobble up.

Verb

forsling (third-person singular simple present forslings, present participle forslinging, simple past forslung or forslong, past participle forslung or forslong or forslongen)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To swallow down; gobble up.
    • 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.1924, William John Thoms, Henry Morley, Roger Bacon, Early English Prose Romances

Forms of forsling

third-person singular presentforslings
present participleforslinging
pastforslung
pastforslong
past participleforslung
past participleforslong
past participleforslongen

Origin of forsling

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”).

Questions about forsling

What does forsling mean?
Forsling means to swallow down; gobble up.
What part of speech is forsling?
Forsling is a verb.
What is the past tense of forsling?
The past tense of forsling is forslung.

Words near forsling in the dictionary

  1. forslack
  2. forslacked
  3. forslacking
  4. forslacks
  5. forsleep
  6. forsling
  7. forslinging
  8. forslings
  9. forslip
  10. forslong
  11. forslongen

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