forslyngren
Middle English
Etymology
From Middle Dutch verslingeren (“to disperse, throw about”), equivalent to for- + slingen. See also Middle English forslyngred.
Verb
forslyngren (third-person singular simple present forslyngreth, present participle forslyngrende or forslingrynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle forslyngred)
- (transitive) To beat; belabour.
- 1481, William Caxton, William J. Thoms, editor, History of Reynard the Fox, Percy Society, page 18:
- that one had an leden malle, and that other a grete leden wapper, ther wyth they wappred and al forslyngred hym.
- One had a leaden hammer, the other a great leaden ball; with these they struck and beat him.