forlagen

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adjective

Exhausted; worn out.

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Meanings

adjectiveforlagen (comparative more forlagen, superlative most forlagen)

comparative more forlagen · superlative most forlagen

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteExhausted; worn out.

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Origin

Origin obscure, but apparently akin to Scots forlegen, forlagen (“utterly worn out, completely exhausted”), Danish and Norwegian forlegen (“embarrassed, perplexed”), Dutch verlagen (“abashed, degraded, soiled, abased”), equivalent to for- + lain. The sense development may be due to Scandinavian influence, compare Faroese leggjask firi (“to become exhausted”), Old Norse leggjask fyrir (“to give up hope”).

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APA

forlagen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forlagen

MLA

“forlagen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forlagen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forlagen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forlagen.

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