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forslongen

forslongen is the past participle of forsling.

Meaning of forsling

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

Questions about forslongen

What is forslongen the past participle of?
Forslongen is the past participle of forsling.

Words near forslongen in the dictionary

  1. forsling
  2. forslinging
  3. forslings
  4. forslip
  5. forslong
  6. forslongen
  7. forsloth
  8. forslothed
  9. forslothing
  10. forslow
  11. forslowed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forslongen (page history and authors); forsling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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