forlise
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (“to lose”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (fraliusan).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
forlise (past tense forliste, past participle forlist)
- (intransitive) to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)
- (intransitive) to be lost, wrecked (of a ship at sea)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to fail
- (transitive, archaic) to lose
Conjugation edit
Inflection of forlise
References edit
- “forlise” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (“to lose”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (fraliusan).
Verb edit
forlise (past tense forliste, past participle forlist)
- (intransitive) to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)
- (intransitive) to be lost, wrecked (of a ship at sea)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to fail
- (transitive, archaic) to lose
References edit
- “forlise” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).