forslean

Old English

Etymology

From for- +‎ slēan. Cognate with Old High German firslahan.

Verb

forslēan

To break, destroy, kill, smite, slay, strike with violence.
To wound by striking or with a blow, cut through, break with a stroke.
To make slaughter of, defeat with slaughter, beat an enemy.
To condemn.
(figuratively) To overthrow, rout.

Conjugation

Conjugation of forslēan (strong class 6)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	forslēan	tō forslēanne
1st-person singular	forslēa	forslōh
2nd-person singular	forslehst	forslōge
3rd-person singular	forslīhþ	forslōh
plural	forslēaþ	forslōgon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	forslēa	forslōge
plural	forslēan	forslōgen
imperative
singular	forsleh
plural	forslēaþ
participle	present	past
	forslegende	forslagen

References

forsleán in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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