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Old English · verb

fordon

Normalised fordōn

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/forˈdoːn/
Syllables
for · ˈdoːn (2 syllables)
Modern English
fordoexterminate

Meaning

  1. to kill, destroy, exterminate

    ...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,...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"

  2. to seduce, corrupt, defile

Conjugation

Conjugation of fordon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular fordōfordyde
2nd singular fordēstfordydest
3rd singular fordēþfordyde
Plural fordōþfordydon
Subjunctive
Singular fordōfordyde
Plural fordōnfordyden
Non-finite forms of fordon
Form
Infinitive fordōn
Inflected infinitive fordōnne
Imperative singular fordō
Imperative plural fordōþ
Present participle fordōnde
Past participle fordōn

All forms (11)

Etymology

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

Descendants

fordo

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