Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (4)
1. to take away, deprive of; to plunder; 2. to destroy, devastate (also fornyman)
Etymology
[← for- pref + niman v; cf Goth franiman; O Fris fornima; O Sax farniman; Dt vernemen; OHG firneman (Mod G vernehmen)]
Paradigm
4.1.4. - IV class
| IV class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
| to take | niman | nam, nom | námon, nómon | numen |
| to bear, carry | beran | bær | bǽron | boren |
| to steal, rob | stelan | stæl | stǽlon | stolen |
| to come | cuman | cóm, cwóm | cómon, cwómon | cumen |
The peculiarities of the vocalization of the 1st and 4th forms of the v cuman are probably attributable to their previously including the consonant -w- (cf Goth qiman [ʹkwɪman]).
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