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forsling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
forsling
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To swallow down; gobble up.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: for
  • Root: verslinden, *farslindan, *fraslindan, *fraslindaną, *sel-

Usage

Inflected Forms

forslings (present, singular) forslinging (participle, present) forslung (past) forslong (past) forslung (participle, past) forslong (participle, past) forslongen (participle, past)

Questions

What does forsling mean?
To swallow down; gobble up.
Where does forsling come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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