fure
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Etymology edit
From Danish føre, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. Cognate with Dutch voeren (“to lead”), Low German fören (“to lead”), German führen (“to lead”), Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), Danish føre (“to lead”), Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”).
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fure (third-person singular simple present fures, present participle furing, simple past and past participle fured)
- (dialectal, rare, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) To lead.
- So far as his labor and his wisdom fures.
- 1637, Monro Expedition:
- To his master, the Kings Majesty or General, that fures or leads the war.
- (dialectal, rare, Northern England, Scotland) To carry, bear, convey, transport.
- No goods should be fured upon the over-loft of the ships.
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Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin foras or forīs . Compare Italian fuori.
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fure
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fure
- inflection of furar:
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fūre
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse for via Danish fure.
Noun edit
fure m (definite singular furen, indefinite plural furer, definite plural furene)
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- fòr (Nynorsk)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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fure f (definite singular fura, indefinite plural furer, definite plural furene)
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Historical inflection of fure
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2furu was taken in as a side form. |
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- “fure” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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fure
- inflection of furar:
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fure
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fure m
- key (for a lock)