eldertongue

Old English · noun

faru

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈfɑ.ru/
Syllables
ˈfɑ · ru (2 syllables)
Modern English
transportablemarch

Meaning

  1. a journey or going

    Hit ys Godes faru.

    It [Passover] is the passing of God.

  2. something transportable, especially one's family

    God ða gemunde Noes fare.

    Then God remembered Noah's family.

  3. a march or expedition

    He ðas fare lædeþ.

    He leads this expedition.

Declension

Declension of faru
SingularPlural
Nominative farufarafare
Accusative farefarafare
Genitive farefara
Dative farefarum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faru, from the same base as faran.

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