forleten

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) To forsake, disregard, abandon; reject; intr. to be neglectful
 * Þe same I will do þe Þat for-lete at my lare. &mdash; Man þus on rode ... Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, c1425
 * 1) To cease or neglect
 * 2) To leave out, omit, pass over, overlook
 * We shule tellen alle ure gultes..and no þing of þe soðe forlete. &mdash; Trinity Homilies, 1225
 * 1) To yield, to give up, resign; renounce; to put away; to release, let go, refrain from injuring
 * Repentant folk that stynte for to synne and forlete synne er that synne forlete hem. &mdash; Chaucer, c1390
 * 1) To lose (something), be deprived of; forfeit; lose track of
 * Moo renovelaunces of olde forleten aqueyntaunces. &mdash; Chaucer, c1380
 * 1) To give or forgive; allow, permit, grant
 *  Þam þe he her on worlde mucel to forlæteþ, mucel he to þam eft seceð. &mdash; Homilies in MS Bodley, 1175
 * 1) To let (blood); eliminate, to discharge; of a disease: to leave (someone).
 * Þe king him gon to sweten, þat ufel hine gon forleten. &mdash; &mdash; Layamon's Brut, 1275
 * Þe king him gon to sweten, þat ufel hine gon forleten. &mdash; &mdash; Layamon's Brut, 1275

Related terms

 * , — scorn, contempt
 * , — scorn, contempt