forslawian

Old English

Alternative forms
  • forslāƿian

Etymology

From for- +‎ slāwian.

Verb

forslāwian

  1. To be slow or unwilling, lose by sloth, neglect through laziness.

Conjugation
Conjugation of forslāwian (weak class 2)
infinitive forslāwian tō forslāwienne
indicative present past
1st-person singular forslāwie
forslāwiġe		 forslāwode
2nd-person singular forslāwast forslāwodest
3rd-person singular forslāwaþ forslāwode
plural forslāwiaþ
forslāwiġaþ		 forslāwodon
subjunctive present past
singular forslāwie
forslāwiġe		 forslāwode
plural forslāwien
forslāwiġen		 forslāwoden
imperative
singular forslāwa
plural forslāwiaþ
forslāwiġaþ
participle present past
forslāwiende
forslāwiġende		 forslāwod

Descendants
  • Middle English: forslowen

References
  • forsláwian in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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