forsage

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• forsake (more commonly)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorsaken, from Old Saxon farsakan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”).

Verb

forsage (present tense forsager, simple past and past participle forsaga or forsaget, present participle forsagende)

1. to give up, relinquish
2. to denounce (the devil)

Derived terms

• forsagelse

References

• “forsage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.