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faran

See also: farán and fåran

Catalan

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Verb

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faran

  1. third-person plural future indicative of fer

Gothic

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Romanization

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faran

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽

Middle English

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faran

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of faren

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

Verb

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faran

  1. to go, sail

Inflection

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Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)
infinitive faran
indicative present past
1st person singular faru fuor
2nd person singular faris, farist fuori
3rd person singular farit fuor
1st person plural faron fuorun
2nd person plural faret fuorut
3rd person plural farunt fuorun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular fare fuori
2nd person singular fares, farest fuoris, fuorist
3rd person singular fare fuori
1st person plural faren fuorin
2nd person plural faret fuorit
3rd person plural farent fuorint
imperative present
singular far
plural faret
participle present past
farandi gefaron

Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: vāren
    • Dutch: varen
    • Limburgish: vare

Further reading

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  • “faran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

Cognate with Old Frisian fara, Old Saxon faran, Old Dutch faran, Old High German faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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faran

  1. to go (used of long distances), to travel
    • Iċ fare tō helle gatum.
      I'm going to the gates of hell.
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33
      Lā bearn, nū gȳt ic eom ġehwǣde tīd mid ēow. Ġē mē sēceað; and swā ic þām Iudeon sǣde, Ġē ne magon faran þyder þe ic fare; and nū ic ēow secge.
      O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go to there which I go; and now I tell you.
    • Blickling Homilies, "St. Andrew"
      Wē bēoþ mid þē swā hwæder swā þū færest.
      We'll be with you wherever you go.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.
      We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.
    • late 9th century, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
      Þā fōr hē swā feorr swā hē meahte on þām ōðrum þrim dagum ġesiġlan.
      Then he traveled as far as he could sail in the next three days.
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Antonius hæfde þrītiġ sċipa on þām wǣron farenda hundeahtatiġ ēoreda.
      Antonius had 30 ships carrying 80 legions [literally "on which were traveling 80 legions"].
  2. to fare (to exist in any state)
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
      Hui, hū færest þū?
      Hey, how's it going?
      (literally, “Hey, how are you faring?”)
    • c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
      Hū mæġ sē mann wel faran þe his mōd āwent fram eallum þissum bōcum, and biþ him swā ānwille þæt him lēofre biþ þæt hē libbe ǣfre be his āgnum dihte āsċīred fram þissum, swelċe hē ne cunne Cristes ġesetnessa?
      How can someone do well if they turn their mind from all these books [stuff that Ælfric wrote], if they're so stubborn that they would rather live their life always making their own separate judgments, as if they don't know the laws of Christ?

Conjugation

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Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)
infinitive faran farenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular fare fōr
second person singular færest, færst fōre
third person singular færeþ, færþ fōr
plural faraþ fōron
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular fare fōre
plural faren fōren
imperative
singular far
plural faraþ
participle present past
farende (ġe)færen, (ġe)faren

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, whence also Old Saxon faran, Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

Verb

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faran

  1. to proceed
  2. to go

Conjugation

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Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)
infinitive faran
indicative present past
1st person singular faru, faro fuor
2nd person singular faris, farist fuori
3rd person singular farit fuor
1st person plural farem, faremēs fuorum, fuorumēs
2nd person plural faret fuorut
3rd person plural farant fuorun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular fare fuori
2nd person singular farēs, farēst fuorīs, fuorīst
3rd person singular fare fuori
1st person plural farēm, faremēs fuorīm, fuorīmēs
2nd person plural farēt fuorīt
3rd person plural farēn fuorīn
imperative present
singular far
plural faret
participle present past
faranti gifaran

Descendants

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, whence also Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Frisian fara, Old High German faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

Verb

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faran

  1. to go, to travel

Conjugation

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Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)
infinitive faran
indicative present past
1st person singular faru fōr
2nd person singular feris fōri
3rd person singular ferid fōr
plural farad fōrun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular fare fōri
2nd person singular fares fōris
3rd person singular fare fōri
plural faren fōrin
imperative present
singular far
plural farad
participle present past
farandi gifaran, faran

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Noun

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faran

  1. definite singular of fara
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