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Old English · verb

feran

Normalised fēran

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈfeː.rɑn/
Syllables
ˈfeː · rɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
faretravel

Meaning

  1. to go, to travel or journey

    An. DCCXXI Hēr Daniel ferde to Rōme ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare Īne ofslōh Cynewulf.

    Year 721 In this year Daniel went to Rome, and in the same year Ine slew Cynewulf.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

  2. to set out, to leave or depart

    He on morne feran wolde

    he wished to leave in the morning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of feran
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fērefērde
2nd singular fērestfērstfērdest
3rd singular fēreþfērþfērde
Plural fēraþfērdon
Subjunctive
Singular fērefērde
Plural fērenfērden
Non-finite forms of feran
Form
Infinitive fēran
Inflected infinitive fērenne
Imperative singular fēr
Imperative plural fēraþ
Present participle fērende
Past participle fēredġefēred

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną (whence German führen), originally the causative of faran (“to travel, go”), from fōr (“going, course, journey”) (compare fōr, 1st & 3rd singular preterite of faran).

Descendants

fare

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