† forletv.¹

Forms: see let v.¹ Also past participle 1600s erron. forlitt.

Etymology: Old English forlǽtan , < for- prefix¹ + lǽtan let v.¹; = Old Saxon forlátan (Dutch verlaten), Old High German firlâȥȥan (Middle High German verlâȥen, German verlassen), Old Norse fyrirláta (Swedish förlåta, Danish forlade).

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To allow, permit.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)]

thave835

unneeOE

levec897

forletc900

i-thavec900

i-unneeOE

allowa1393

licensec1400

admit1418

sustainc1425

usea1450

permit1473

permise1481

withganga1500

tolerate1533

intermit?c1550

licentiate1575

'low1587

dispense1646

beholdc1650

warrant1662

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. xxvii Sum eorþlic æ forlæteþ, þætte [etc.].

a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxv. 3 For noght forelete sal he Yherde of sinful for to be Over lote of rightwis.

a. To leave, go away from (a person or place), forsake; to abandon (possessions).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)]

forsakec893

forlet971

to reach upOE

agiveOE

yield?c1225

uptake1297

up-yield1297

yield1297

deliverc1300

to-yielda1375

overgivec1384

grant1390

forbeara1400

livera1400

forgoc1400

upgive1415

permit1429

quit1429

renderc1436

relinquish1479

abandonc1485

to hold up?1499

enlibertyc1500

surrender1509

cess1523

relent1528

to cast up?1529

resignate1531

uprender1551

demit1563

disclaim1567

to fling up1587

to give up1589

quittance1592

vail1593

enfeoff1598

revoke1599

to give off1613

disownc1620

succumb1632

abdicate1633

delinquish1645

discount1648

to pass away1650

to turn off1667

choke1747

to jack up1870

chuck up (the sponge)1878

chuckc1879

unget1893

sling1902

to jack in1948

punt1966

to-leave-

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > forsake

forlet971

beleavec1175

letc1175

forleavec1225

forsakea1300

waivec1330

forgoa1400

forhowa1400

sakea1400

forloinc1400

forlesec1460

abandonc1475

destitute1530

aband1587

bandon1587

leese1590

linquish1591

desert1603

derelicta1631

the world > space > place > absence > be absent from [verb (transitive)] > absent oneself from > the presence or society of a person

forlet971

971 Blickl. Hom. 27 Hine þa forlet se costigend.

a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 To chiesen ȝief[h]y wolden hare sceppinde lufie oðer hine ferleten.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15273 Þat ufel hine gon for-leten.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2311 Alle þe breme bestes þat a-boute vs were, for-lete vs & folwed him forþ.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13295 He for iesu al for-lete.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 I him forleit as a lad.

b. To leave (a person) helpless or destitute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > make poor or impoverish [verb (transitive)] > leave destitute

forletOE

disprovide?1520

OE Andreas (1932) 459 Næfre forlæteð lifgende god eorl on eorðan, gif his ellen deah.

a1225 St. Marher. 8 Ne forlet tu me nawt luuende lauerd.

1340–70 Alisaunder 679 Whan Philip in his foule will hathe þee forlete..Him tides to take þee aȝain.

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xx He is forlete and al forpercid sore and pytously.

a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 345 Who may say that God forletteth his church right, so that he may permit those things to..decay, without the which it may not consist?

c. To leave (land) desolate or uncultivated; to leave (a building, etc.) to decay.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > forsake > specific land or a building

forleta1300

a1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 34 So þat þulke stude was vor-lete mony aday.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 104 But yet there ben of londes fele..Which of the people be forlete As londe deserte.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. b 7 b He yaf hem a contre that was forleten where in they myght duelle.

1528 Will in W. Molyneux Burton-on-Trent (1869) 58 The seyd brygge ys lyke to be decayed and forlett.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 513 The three chanels or draines..haue along time beene forlet and neglected.

d. To leave off, renounce (a custom, habit, sin).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > abandon, give up, or discontinue

forhightc1000

forswearOE

forletc1175

sdeign1590

to think (the) better of1752

to get off ——1951

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 19 Nu sculle we forlete þes licome lust.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 103 Hwi luuest þu þine fule sunnes . forlet hem.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3779 Wraþþe and oþer synne forlate [printed foolate].

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋ 45 In þe drede of god man forleteth his synne.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 64 He thoucht he wald mak peice agane With Scot and Pecht, and all weiris forleit.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 84 Soone after this custome was for-let and cleane giuen ouer.

e. To forsake, cease to regard (a law, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)]

breakOE

to-breaka1067

false1303

forleta1325

loosec1400

to fall from ——a1425

renouncec1450

violate?a1475

enfrain1477

failc1500

falsify1532

transverse1532

infringe1533

crack1576

recess1581

recant1585

digress1592

strain1592

burst1600

equivocate1629

falsy1629

forfeit1654

to break through1712

infract1798

waive1833

welsh1925

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4068 For luue of ðis hore-plage Manie for-leten godes lage.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 184 Roboam..uorlet þane red of þe yealden guode men uor þane red of yonge.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9448 Sua sun als he þat apel ete, þe laghes bath he þan for-lete.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 60 Lautie wes lost, forleit wes all the lawes.

f. Used as a term of Scottish constitutional law.

ΚΠ

1689 Earl of Balcarras Let. James II on State Scotl. (MS.) 61 The Committee..found great difficulty how to declare the Crown vacant. Some were for abdications..Others were for using an old obsolete word (fforleiting) used for a Birds forsaking her nest.

1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 518 The throne of Scotland is vacant, the late King James the 7th haveing forlitt or forfeited the crown.

a. To leave out, omit; to let alone, abandon.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > leave (behind)

let971

beleavec1175

forletc1200

agoc1275

to leave behindc1330

relinquish1548

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > omit or leave out

letc900

overleapOE

forletc1200

beleavec1275

overpassa1382

to cut outc1400

overskipc1400

omisec1425

omit1439

to leave outc1450

obmise1490

neglect1511

skip1531

obmit?1541

enterlesse1548

intermit1570

prevade1641

waive1651

suppress1826

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 71 We shule no þing seien þere þat les beo, and no þing of þe soðe forlete.

c1220 Bestiary 230 Finde ȝe ðe wete corn ðat hire qwemeð. Al ȝe forleteð ðis oðer seð.

c1300 Beket 1998 All that he i handled hadde the houndes hit forlete.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 21777 [E]line..wald noght for-lett þe nailes in his hend and fete..ful gern scho soght Till scho þaim fand ne fined noght.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 101 Be þay fers, be þay feble for-lotez none.

b. To cease from; to cease to do something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

aswikec975

linOE

beleavec1175

forletc1175

i-swikec1175

restc1175

stutte?c1225

lina1300

blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

stintc1366

finisha1375

leavea1375

yleavec1380

to leave offa1382

refuse1389

ceasec1410

resigna1413

respite?a1439

relinquish1454

surcease1464

discontinue1474

unfill1486

supersede1499

desist1509

to have ado?1515

stop1525

to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

sist1635

quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 35 Ne forlete ȝe for nane scame þat ȝe ne seggen þam preoste alle eower sunne.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18875 All follc well neh forrlet. To þennkenn ohht off heffne.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 36 I-wis for þine fule lete Wel oft ich mine song forlete.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. xi. 75 Whan it forletiþ to ben oone it mot nedis dien.

a. To let go, release or lose from one's hold or keeping.

ΚΠ

c1150 Departing Soul's Addr. Body 19 Thine godfæderes ihaten ær heo the forleten that [etc.].

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3769 He wollde hiss aȝhenn lif Forr hise shep forrlætenn.

a1225 Juliana 47 Forlet me mi leafdi & ich chulle al bileaue þe.

a1225 St. Marher. 6 Weila wummon hwuch wlite þu leosest ant forletest for þin misbeleaue.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. metr. ii. 3 Allas how the thowt of man dulleth and forletith his propre cleernesse.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4006 Formast his lijf he suld for-lete.

b. To remit (a debt); to forgive.

ΚΠ

1340 Ayenb. 262 And uorlet ous oure yeldinges: ase and we uorleteþ oure yelderes.

c. To dismiss from attention. Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > forget, cease to know

forgetc888

unremember1484

tine1513

lose1530

retire1549

unknowa1586

forlet1813

disremember1815

1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 121 Sae let's forleet it—gie's a sang; To brood on ill unken'd is wrang.

Derivatives

forˈlet adj. (also for'leten)

ΚΠ

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. i. 2 A forletyn and a despised elde.

a1400 K. Alis. 2889 As a stude for-let, Is now Thebes.

c1440 Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) x. 11 An old for-latyn cote.

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxiij^v An olde for leten ruynous churche.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. 188 The language of our ancestours..lay forlet and buried in oblivion.

forˈleting n.

ΚΠ

a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxii[i]. 4 Up-braiding To mightand, and to proude for-leting.

forˈletness n. the state of being let alone.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > state of being left alone or forlorn

forletnessa1300

desolation1598

desolatenessa1626

desertion1751

forlornness1850

desertedness1866

forlornitya1870

a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxii[i]. 3 For of for-letenesse mikel filled we are.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	forlet
释义	† forletv.¹ Forms: see let v.¹ Also past participle 1600s erron. forlitt. Etymology: Old English forlǽtan , < for- prefix¹ + lǽtan let v.¹; = Old Saxon forlátan (Dutch verlaten), Old High German firlâȥȥan (Middle High German verlâȥen, German verlassen), Old Norse fyrirláta (Swedish förlåta, Danish forlade). Obsolete. 1. transitive. To allow, permit. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] thave835 unneeOE levec897 forletc900 i-thavec900 i-unneeOE allowa1393 licensec1400 admit1418 sustainc1425 usea1450 permit1473 permise1481 withganga1500 tolerate1533 intermit?c1550 licentiate1575 'low1587 dispense1646 beholdc1650 warrant1662 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. xxvii Sum eorþlic æ forlæteþ, þætte [etc.]. a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxv. 3 For noght forelete sal he Yherde of sinful for to be Over lote of rightwis. 2. a. To leave, go away from (a person or place), forsake; to abandon (possessions). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] forsakec893 forlet971 to reach upOE agiveOE yield?c1225 uptake1297 up-yield1297 yield1297 deliverc1300 to-yielda1375 overgivec1384 grant1390 forbeara1400 livera1400 forgoc1400 upgive1415 permit1429 quit1429 renderc1436 relinquish1479 abandonc1485 to hold up?1499 enlibertyc1500 surrender1509 cess1523 relent1528 to cast up?1529 resignate1531 uprender1551 demit1563 disclaim1567 to fling up1587 to give up1589 quittance1592 vail1593 enfeoff1598 revoke1599 to give off1613 disownc1620 succumb1632 abdicate1633 delinquish1645 discount1648 to pass away1650 to turn off1667 choke1747 to jack up1870 chuck up (the sponge)1878 chuckc1879 unget1893 sling1902 to jack in1948 punt1966 to-leave- the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > forsake forlet971 beleavec1175 letc1175 forleavec1225 forsakea1300 waivec1330 forgoa1400 forhowa1400 sakea1400 forloinc1400 forlesec1460 abandonc1475 destitute1530 aband1587 bandon1587 leese1590 linquish1591 desert1603 derelicta1631 the world > space > place > absence > be absent from [verb (transitive)] > absent oneself from > the presence or society of a person forlet971 971 Blickl. Hom. 27 Hine þa forlet se costigend. a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 To chiesen ȝief[h]y wolden hare sceppinde lufie oðer hine ferleten. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15273 Þat ufel hine gon for-leten. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2311 Alle þe breme bestes þat a-boute vs were, for-lete vs & folwed him forþ. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13295 He for iesu al for-lete. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 I him forleit as a lad. b. To leave (a person) helpless or destitute. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > make poor or impoverish [verb (transitive)] > leave destitute forletOE disprovide?1520 OE Andreas (1932) 459 Næfre forlæteð lifgende god eorl on eorðan, gif his ellen deah. a1225 St. Marher. 8 Ne forlet tu me nawt luuende lauerd. 1340–70 Alisaunder 679 Whan Philip in his foule will hathe þee forlete..Him tides to take þee aȝain. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xx He is forlete and al forpercid sore and pytously. a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 345 Who may say that God forletteth his church right, so that he may permit those things to..decay, without the which it may not consist? c. To leave (land) desolate or uncultivated; to leave (a building, etc.) to decay. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > forsake > specific land or a building forleta1300 a1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 34 So þat þulke stude was vor-lete mony aday. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 104 But yet there ben of londes fele..Which of the people be forlete As londe deserte. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. b 7 b He yaf hem a contre that was forleten where in they myght duelle. 1528 Will in W. Molyneux Burton-on-Trent (1869) 58 The seyd brygge ys lyke to be decayed and forlett. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 513 The three chanels or draines..haue along time beene forlet and neglected. d. To leave off, renounce (a custom, habit, sin). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > abandon, give up, or discontinue forhightc1000 forswearOE forletc1175 sdeign1590 to think (the) better of1752 to get off ——1951 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 19 Nu sculle we forlete þes licome lust. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 103 Hwi luuest þu þine fule sunnes . forlet hem. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3779 Wraþþe and oþer synne forlate [printed foolate]. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋ 45 In þe drede of god man forleteth his synne. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 64 He thoucht he wald mak peice agane With Scot and Pecht, and all weiris forleit. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 84 Soone after this custome was for-let and cleane giuen ouer. e. To forsake, cease to regard (a law, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (transitive)] breakOE to-breaka1067 false1303 forleta1325 loosec1400 to fall from ——a1425 renouncec1450 violate?a1475 enfrain1477 failc1500 falsify1532 transverse1532 infringe1533 crack1576 recess1581 recant1585 digress1592 strain1592 burst1600 equivocate1629 falsy1629 forfeit1654 to break through1712 infract1798 waive1833 welsh1925 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4068 For luue of ðis hore-plage Manie for-leten godes lage. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 184 Roboam..uorlet þane red of þe yealden guode men uor þane red of yonge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9448 Sua sun als he þat apel ete, þe laghes bath he þan for-lete. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 60 Lautie wes lost, forleit wes all the lawes. f. Used as a term of Scottish constitutional law. ΚΠ 1689 Earl of Balcarras Let. James II on State Scotl. (MS.) 61 The Committee..found great difficulty how to declare the Crown vacant. Some were for abdications..Others were for using an old obsolete word (fforleiting) used for a Birds forsaking her nest. 1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 518 The throne of Scotland is vacant, the late King James the 7th haveing forlitt or forfeited the crown. 3. a. To leave out, omit; to let alone, abandon. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > leave (behind) let971 beleavec1175 forletc1200 agoc1275 to leave behindc1330 relinquish1548 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > omit or leave out letc900 overleapOE forletc1200 beleavec1275 overpassa1382 to cut outc1400 overskipc1400 omisec1425 omit1439 to leave outc1450 obmise1490 neglect1511 skip1531 obmit?1541 enterlesse1548 intermit1570 prevade1641 waive1651 suppress1826 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 71 We shule no þing seien þere þat les beo, and no þing of þe soðe forlete. c1220 Bestiary 230 Finde ȝe ðe wete corn ðat hire qwemeð. Al ȝe forleteð ðis oðer seð. c1300 Beket 1998 All that he i handled hadde the houndes hit forlete. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 21777 [E]line..wald noght for-lett þe nailes in his hend and fete..ful gern scho soght Till scho þaim fand ne fined noght. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 101 Be þay fers, be þay feble for-lotez none. b. To cease from; to cease to do something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 35 Ne forlete ȝe for nane scame þat ȝe ne seggen þam preoste alle eower sunne. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18875 All follc well neh forrlet. To þennkenn ohht off heffne. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 36 I-wis for þine fule lete Wel oft ich mine song forlete. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. xi. 75 Whan it forletiþ to ben oone it mot nedis dien. 4. a. To let go, release or lose from one's hold or keeping. ΚΠ c1150 Departing Soul's Addr. Body 19 Thine godfæderes ihaten ær heo the forleten that [etc.]. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3769 He wollde hiss aȝhenn lif Forr hise shep forrlætenn. a1225 Juliana 47 Forlet me mi leafdi & ich chulle al bileaue þe. a1225 St. Marher. 6 Weila wummon hwuch wlite þu leosest ant forletest for þin misbeleaue. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. metr. ii. 3 Allas how the thowt of man dulleth and forletith his propre cleernesse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4006 Formast his lijf he suld for-lete. b. To remit (a debt); to forgive. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenb. 262 And uorlet ous oure yeldinges: ase and we uorleteþ oure yelderes. c. To dismiss from attention. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > forget, cease to know forgetc888 unremember1484 tine1513 lose1530 retire1549 unknowa1586 forlet1813 disremember1815 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 121 Sae let's forleet it—gie's a sang; To brood on ill unken'd is wrang. Derivatives forˈlet adj. (also for'leten) ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. i. 2 A forletyn and a despised elde. a1400 K. Alis. 2889 As a stude for-let, Is now Thebes. c1440 Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) x. 11 An old for-latyn cote. 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxiij^v An olde for leten ruynous churche. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. 188 The language of our ancestours..lay forlet and buried in oblivion. forˈleting n. ΚΠ a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxii[i]. 4 Up-braiding To mightand, and to proude for-leting. forˈletness n. the state of being let alone. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > state of being left alone or forlorn forletnessa1300 desolation1598 desolatenessa1626 desertion1751 forlornness1850 desertedness1866 forlornitya1870 a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxii[i]. 3 For of for-letenesse mikel filled we are. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † forletv.² Etymology: < for- prefix¹ + let v.² Obsolete. transitive. To hinder, prevent, stop. Const. infinitive or that with not. Also in deprecatory phrase God forlet it! ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] forbidc1000 forrunc1275 forbar1303 before-comec1384 withstanda1400 withholdc1400 prevenec1485 supprime1490 interrupt1497 resist?a1513 prevent1522 discourage1528 prohibit1531 stop1534 forleta1555 bar1559 to bar by and main1567 disbar1567 to cut off1576 embar1577 forestall1579 obvent1588 cancel1594 waylay1625 suppress1651 antevene1655 arceate1657 exarceate1657 interpel1722 stump1858 estop1876 plug1887 pre-empt1957 deter1961 a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 351 But God forelet it that I should not believe the gospel! 1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 95 The Romans..being in league with the Carthaginenses..forlet him not to aide them. 1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Eij It is naught in dry sommer, for letting my drinke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.¹c900v.²a1555
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