forsench

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromforsenċan“to reject”
2. Middle English · inherited fromforsenchen
3. English todayforsench

From Middle English forsenchen, from Old English forsenċan (“to reject”, literally “cause to sink”). By surface analysis, for- (“up, fully, completely”) + sench (“to cause to sink”). Cognate with Old High German firsenken (“to sink, destroy”).