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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally two distinct verbs:

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːrən/

Verb

faren

  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, 8 February 2018:
      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


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

Swedish

Verb

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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