forsleep

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forsleep

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From Middle English forslepen, equivalent to for- + sleep. Cognate with West Frisian forsliepe (“to forsleep”), Dutch verslapen (“to sleep off, sleep away”), German verschlafen (“to sleep away, oversleep”).

verb forsleeps · forsleeping · forslept

archaic, intransitive To be overcome with sleep.
archaic, transitive To neglect through sleep or by sleeping; sleep through; oversleep; sleep off. At this moment, Giulietta, who had already forslept and digested the virtue of the potion, awoke and feeling herself kissed, misdoubted her that the friar, being come to take her up and carry her to his chamber, [...]

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@misc{forsleep_2026,
  title = {forsleep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forsleep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}