Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (1)
1. to go, walk; to proceed; 2. 1) to set out, start a journey; to depart, leave; 2) to depart from this world, die; 3. to travel, journey; 4. to arrive (at); to reach a destination; 5. to originate, derive, come (from)
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *fōrjan (← causative of the v *faran “to travel; proceed”); O Fris fēra; O Sax fōrian; Dt voeren; OHG fuoren (Mod G führen); Icel færa]
Paradigm
4.2.1 (a)
(a) with a short root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to plough | erian | erede |
to perform, commit | fremman | fremede |
(b) with a long root vowel
I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to feed | fédan | fédde |
to keep, observe | cépan | cépte |
to send | sendan | sende |
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