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fordon

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōną; equivalent to for- +‎ don.

Verb

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fordon (third-person singular simple present fordoth, present participle fordede, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fordone)

  1. to kill

Descendants

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  • English: fordo

Old English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fordōn

  1. to kill, destroy, exterminate
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
      ...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,...
    • 1846, Benjamin Thorpe (editor), Þā Hālgan Godspel on Englisc, Matheuses Ġerecednys, 10:21[1]
      Sōðlīċe brōðer sylþ his brōðer tō dēaþe, and fæder his sunu, and bearn arīsaþ onġēn māgas, and tō dēaþe hiġ fordōð.
      Forsooth brother delivers his brother to death, as the father does his son, and children arise against kinsmen and put them to death.
  2. to seduce, corrupt, defile

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fordōn (irregular)
infinitive fordōn fordōnne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular fordō fordyde
second person singular fordēst fordydest
third person singular fordēþ fordyde
plural fordōþ fordydon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular fordō fordyde
plural fordōn fordyden
imperative
singular fordō
plural fordōþ
participle present past
fordōnde fordōn

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Swedish

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Etymology

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fara (“to travel”) or fora (“a cargo”) +‎ don (“tool, implement”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fordon n

  1. a vehicle, a conveyance
    Med spårvagn menas fordon, som löper å skenor i marken.
    The word tramcars denotes vehicles which move over railway tracks in the ground.

Declension

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Declension of fordon 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fordon fordonet fordon fordonen
Genitive fordons fordonets fordons fordonens

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