faren

See also: fåren and fǎrén

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːən/, [ˈfɑːɑn], [ˈfɑ̈ːɑ̈n]

Noun

faren c

  1. definite singular of far
  2. definite singular of fare

Middle English

Etymology 1

Originally two distinct verbs:

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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.
    1. To depart or leave.
    2. To attack; to charge against.
    3. (figurative) To die; to depart from the world.
  2. To act or behave:
    1. To fare; to get along.
    2. To be hosted (as a guest).
    3. To result in; to turn out.
  3. To resemble something else.
  4. To proceed to do; to start or continue doing.
  5. (of time) To elapse; to pass.
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: fare
  • Scots: fare
References

Etymology 2

From Old English fearh (piglet) + -en (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfarən/

Noun

faren (genitive varewes)

  1. farrows, young pigs
Descendants
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of fare

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of far

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of fare

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of far

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Participle

faren (neuter fare, definite singular and plural farne)

  1. past participle of fara and fare

Old English

Verb

faren

  1. past participle of faran

Swedish

Participle

faren

  1. past participle of fara

Noun

faren c

  1. (zoology) zope, blue bream, Abramis ballerus
Declension
Declension of faren 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative faren faren farnar farnarna
Genitive farens farens farnars farnarnas

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