See also: forlát, förlät, and förlåt

English

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Etymology

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From for- +‎ lat (to let).

Verb

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forlat (third-person singular simple present forlats, present participle forlatting, simple past forleet or forlut, past participle forlatten or forlutten)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To deal a blow; hit out.

References

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  • Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary, Forlat.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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forlat

  1. imperative of forlate