faren
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑːən/, [ˈfɑːɑn], [ˈfɑ̈ːɑ̈n]
Middle English
Etymology 1
Originally two distinct verbs:
- Old English faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.
- Old English fēran, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːrən/
Verb
faren (third-person singular simple present fareth, present participle farynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative ferde, past participle ferd)
- To move, go or travel:
- p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:
- Þu myhteſ faren al a dæiſ fare ſculdeſt thu neure finden man in tun ſittende · ne land tiled.
- You could go a whole day's journey, but you'd never find anyone in town or any tilled fields.
- To act or behave:
- To resemble something else.
- To proceed to do; to start or continue doing.
- (of time) To elapse; to pass.
Conjugation
Conjugation of faren (strong class 6 or weak irregular)
infinitive | (to) faren, fare | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | fare | for, ferde | |
2nd-person singular | farest | fore, for, ferdest | |
3rd-person singular | fareth | for, ferde | |
subjunctive singular | fare | fore1, ferde1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | faren, fare | foren, fore, ferden, ferde | |
imperative plural | fareth, fare | — | |
participles | farynge, farende | faren, fare, ferd, yfaren, yfare, yferd |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
References
- “fāren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old English fearh (“piglet”) + -en (“plural suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfarən/
References
- “?faren, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²fɑːrn̩/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑːrn̩/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²fɑːrn̩/
Old English
Swedish
Declension
Declension of faren | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | faren | faren | farnar | farnarna |
Genitive | farens | farens | farnars | farnarnas |
Further reading
- faren in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- faren in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
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