fordon

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōną; equivalent to for- + don.

Verb

fordon (third-person singular simple present fordoth, present participle fordede, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fordone)

  1. to kill

Descendants

  • English: fordo

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fradōną (to do away with), equivalent to for- + dōn. Cognate with Old Saxon fardōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈdoːn/

Verb

fordōn

  1. to kill, destroy, exterminate
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
      ...Ġehȳr nū god ælmihtiġ þīnes ðēowan bene, and þās earman ānlīcnyssa mid ealle fordō...
      ...Hear now, God Almighty, thy servant's prayer, and utterly destroy these miserable images,...
    • 1846, Benjamin Thorpe (editor), Þā Hālgan Godspel on Englisc, Matheuses Ġerecednys, 10:21
      Sōðlīċe brōðer sylþ his brōðer tō dēaþe, and fæder his sunu, and bearn arīsaþ onġēn māgas, and tō dēaþe hiġ fordōð.
      Forsooth brother delivers his brother to death, as the father does his son, and children arise against kinsmen and put them to death.
  2. to seduce, corrupt, defile

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

fara (to travel) or fora (a cargo) + don (a tool)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

fordon n

  1. a vehicle, a conveyance
    Med spårvagn menas fordon, som löper å skenor i marken.
    The word tramcars denotes vehicles which move over railway tracks in the ground.

Declension

Declension of fordon 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fordon fordonet fordon fordonen
Genitive fordons fordonets fordons fordonens

See also

References

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