fordone

English

Etymology

From Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōnaz, past participle of *fradōną (“to fordo; do away with”), equivalent to for- +‎ done. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferdäin, Dutch verdaan, German vertan.

Verb

fordone

1. simple past and past participle of fordo

Adjective

fordone (comparative more fordone, superlative most fordone)

1. Exhausted; overcome; worn out.
   • 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXXX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature F, verso:

     After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich theſe ſix books cõpile [compile], / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile.

2. Utterly ruined; destroyed.

Anagrams

• done for