forsage

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vorsaken, from Old Saxon farsakan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan.

Verb

forsage (imperative forsag, infinitive at forsage, present tense forsager, past tense forsagede, perfect tense forsaget)

1. to give up, forsake, abandon, renounce
2. (religion) to denounce (the devil)

   Coordinate term: fornægte

Conjugation

Conjugation of forsage

active passive present forsager forsages past forsagede forsagedes infinitive forsage forsages imperative forsag — participle present forsagende past forsaget (auxiliary verb have) gerund forsagen

Derived terms

• forsagelse

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vorsagen. Compare German verzagen.

Verb

forsage (imperative forsag, infinitive at forsage, present tense forsager, past tense forsagede, perfect tense forsagt)

1. (obsolete) to despond

Conjugation

Conjugation of forsage

active passive present forsager forsages past forsagede forsagedes infinitive forsage forsages imperative forsag — participle present forsagende past forsagt (auxiliary verb være) gerund forsagen

See also

• forsagt

References

• “forsage” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “forsage” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• forsake (more commonly)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorsaken, from Old Saxon farsakan, from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”).

Verb

forsage (present tense forsager, simple past and past participle forsaga or forsaget, present participle forsagende)

1. to give up, relinquish
2. to denounce (the devil)

Derived terms

• forsagelse

References

• “forsage” in The Bokmål Dictionary.