Both Uses of
forsake
in
The Epic of Gilgamesh
- He is the strongest of wild creature: the stuff of Anu; born in the grass-lands and the wild hills reared him; when you see him you will be glad; you will love him as a woman and he will never forsake you.†
Book 1 *forsake = abandon or give up on
- On your account a wife, a mother of seven, was forsaken.†
Book 3forsaken = abandoned or given up on
Definition:
to abandon or give up on -- such as someone who needs you, or an idea, or a place