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▪ I. † forˈlet, v.1 Obs.
Forms: see let v.1 Also pa. pple. 7 erron. forlitt.
[OE. forlǽtan, f. for- prefix1 + lǽtan let v.1; = OS. forlátan (Du. verlaten), OHG. firlâȥȥan (MHG. verlâȥen, Ger. verlassen), ON. fyrirláta (Sw. förlåta, Da. forlade).]
1. trans. To allow, permit.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. i. xxvii, Sum eorþlic æ forlæteþ, þætte [etc.]. a1300E.E. Psalter cxxv. 3 For noght forelete sal he Yherde of sinful for to be Over lote of rightwis.
2. To leave, go away from (a person or place), forsake; to abandon (possessions).
971Blickl. Hom. 27 Hine þa forlet se costiᵹend. a1175Cott. Hom. 219 To chiesen ȝief[h]y wolden hare sceppinde lufie oðer hine ferleten. c1205Lay. 30599 Þat ufel hine gon for-leten. a1300Cursor M. 13295 (Cott.) He for iesu al for-lete. c1350Will. Palerne 2311 Alle þe breme bestes þat a-boute vs were, for-lete vs & folwed him forþ. 1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 381, I him forleit as a lad.
b. To leave (a person) helpless or destitute.
a1000Andreas 459 (Gr.) Næfre forlæteð lifᵹende god eorl on eorðan, ᵹif his ellen deah! a1225St. Marher. 8 Ne forlet tu me nawt luuende lauerd. 1340–70Alisaunder 679 Whan Philip in his foule will hathe þee forlete..Him tides to take þee aȝain. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xx, He is forlete and al forpercid sore and pytously. a1553Philpot Exam. & Writ. (1842) 345 Who may say that God forletteth his church right, so that he may permit those things to..decay, without the which it may not consist?
c. To leave (land) desolate or uncultivated; to leave (a building, etc.) to decay.
a1300Leg. Rood (1871) 34 So þat þulke stude was vor-lete mony aday. 1390Gower Conf. III. 104 But yet there ben of londes fele..Which of the people be forlete As londe deserte. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. b 7 b, He yaf hem a contre that was forleten where in they myght duelle. 1528Will in W. Molyneux Burton-on-Trent (1869) 58 The seyd brygge ys lyke to be decayed and forlett. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 513 The three Channels or draines have a long time beene forlet and neglected.
d. To leave off, renounce (a custom, habit, sin).
c1175Lamb. Hom. 19 Nu sculle we forlete þes licome lust. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 103 Hwi luuest þu þine fule sunnes . forlet hem. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3779 Wraþþe and oþer synne forlate [printed foolate]. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋ 45 In þe drede of god man forleteth his synne. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 64 He thoucht he wald mak peice agane With Scot and Pecht, and all weiris forleit. 1601Holland Pliny I. 84 Soone after this custome was for-let and cleane giuen ouer.
e. To forsake, cease to regard (a law, etc.).
c1250Gen. & Ex. 4068 For luue of ðis hore-plaȝe Manie for-leten godes laȝe. a1300Cursor M. 9448 (Cott.) Sua sun als he þat apel ete, þe laghes bath he þan for-lete. 1340Ayenb. 184 Roboam..uorlet þane red of þe yealden guode men uor þane red of yonge. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 60 Lautie wes lost, forleit wes all the lawes.
¶ f. Used as a term of Sc. constitutional law.
1689Earl of Balcarras Let. Jas. II on St. Scot. 61 (MS.) The Committee..found great difficulty how to declare the Crown vacant. Some were for abdications..Others were for using an old obsolete word (fforleiting) used for a Birds forsaking her nest. 1689Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 518 The throne of Scotland is vacant, the late King James the 7th haveing forlitt or forfeited the crown.
3. To leave out, omit; to let alone, abandon.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 71 We shule no þing seien þere þat les beo, and no þing of þe soðe forlete. c1220Bestiary 230 Finde ȝe ðe wete corn ðat hire qwemeð. Al ȝe forleteð ðis oðer seð. a1300Cursor M. 21777 (Gött.) Eline..wald noght for-lett þe nailes in his hend and fete..ful gern scho soght Till scho þaim fand ne fined noght. c1300Beket 1998 All that he i handled hadde the houndes hit forlete. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 101 Be þay fers, be þay feble for-lotez none.
b. To cease from; to cease to do something.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 35 Ne forlete ȝe for nane scame þat ȝe ne seggen þam preoste alle eower sunne. c1200Ormin 18875 All follc well neh forrlet To þenkenn ohht off heffne. a1250Owl & Night. 36, I-wis for þine fule lete Wel oft ich mine song forlete. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. xi. 75 (Camb. MS.) Whan it forletiþ to ben oone it mot nedis dien.
4. To let go, release or lose from one's hold or keeping.
c1150Departing Soul's Addr. Body 19 Thine godfæderes ihaten ær heo the forleten that [etc.]. c1200Ormin 3768 He wollde hiss aᵹhenn lif Forr hise shep forrlætenn. a1225Juliana 47 Forlet me mi leafdi & ich chulle al bileaue þe. a1225St. Marher. 6 Weila wummon hwuch wlite þu leosest ant forletest for þin misbeleaue. a1300Cursor M. 4006 (Cott.) Formast his lijf he suld for-lete. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. metr. ii. 3 (Camb. MS.) Allas how the thowt of man dulleth and forletith his propre cleernesse.
b. To remit (a debt); to forgive.
1340Ayenb. 262 And uorlet ous oure yeldinges: ase and we uorleteþ oure yelderes.
c. To dismiss from attention. Sc.
1813Picken Poems I. 121 Sae let's forleet it—gie's a sang; To brood on ill unken'd is wrang.
Hence forˈlet(en ppl. a.; forˈleting vbl. n. Also forˈletness, the state of being let alone.
a1300E.E. Psalter cxxii[i]. 3 For of for-letenesse mikel filled we are. Ibid. 4 Up-braiding To mightand, and to proude for-leting. 13..K. Alis. 2889 As a stude for-let, Is now Thebes. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. i. 2 (Camb. MS.) A forletyn and a despised elde. c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) x. 11 An old for-latyn cote. 1506Sir R. Guylforde Pilgr. (Camden) 33 An olde for leten ruynous churche. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 188 The language of our ancestours..lay forlet and buried in oblivion.
▪ II. † forˈlet, v.2 Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + let v.2]
trans. To hinder, prevent, stop. Const. inf. or that with not. Also in deprecatory phr. God forlet it!
a1555Philpot Exam. & Writ. (1842) 351 But God forelet it that I should not believe the gospel! 1568C. Watson Polyb. 95 a, The Romans..being in league with the Carthaginenses..forlet him not to aide them. 1575R. B. Appius & Virg. E ij, It is naught in dry sommer, for letting my drinke. |