Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (6)
to go; to travel, fare
Etymology
[ ←Prot-Germ *faran; OE faran (Mod E fare arch); O Fris fara; O Sax faran; Dt varen; OHG faran (Mod G fahren); Icel fara ← Indo-Europ *per-, *por-; cf Sanskr píparti “to bring over, deliver”; Anc Gr πείρω “to pierce”; Lat portāre “to carry, bear”; O Slav перѫтъ “to fly” (Russ переть); O Russ пором “ferry”]
Concordance
faraiþ - 2 pers, pl, pres, optat - Luk. X, 7
Paradigm
4.1.2. (a)
VI class | infinitive | preterite singular | preterite plural | past participle |
normal grade | lengthened grade | lengthened grade | normal grade | |
-ă- | -ō- | -ō- | -ă- | |
to go; to travel, fare | faran | fōr | fōrum | farans |
to strike, blow | slahan | slōh | slōhum | slahans |
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