Old English · verb

feortan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class III
IPA: /ˈfe͜or.tɑn/
[ˈfe͜orˠ.tɑn]
Syllables: ˈfe͜or · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: fart

Meaning

to fart

Conjugation

Conjugation of feortan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	feorte	feart
2nd singular	fierst fiertst	furte
3rd singular	fiert	feart
Plural	feortaþ	furton
Subjunctive
Singular	feorte	furte
Plural	feorten	furten

Non-finite forms of feortan
	Form
Infinitive	feortan
Inflected infinitive	feortenne
Imperative singular	feort
Imperative plural	feortaþ
Present participle	feortende
Past participle	forten ġeforten

All forms (16)

feorte
feart
fierst
fiertst
furte
fiert
feortaþ
furton
feorten
furten
feortan
feortenne
feort
feortende
forten
ġeforten

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-. *Germanic cognates: Old High German ferzan (German furzen), Old Norse freta (Swedish fjärta). *Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek πέρδομαι (pérdomai), Russian перде́ть (perdétʹ), Lithuanian pérsti, Welsh rhech.

Descendants

fart

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