forlagen

Meaning

Adjective

• Exhausted; worn out.

Origin

• Origin obscure, but apparently akin to Scots forlegen, forlagen, Danish and Norwegian forlegen, 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").