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forlagen en · ADJ

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

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

Forms

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more forlagen Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most forlagen Degree=Sup lexicographic