fordrive
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- + drive.
Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe (“to expel”), Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”).
Verb edit
fordrive (third-person singular simple present fordrives, present participle fordriving, simple past fordrove, past participle fordriven)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive away; expel.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
for- + drive, from Middle Low German vordriven
Verb edit
fordrive (imperative fordriv, present tense fordriver, passive fordrives, simple past fordrev or fordreiv, past participle fordrevet, present participle fordrivende)
- to drive away, drive out, expel, banish, dispel
- fordrive tiden: to while away / pass the time
References edit
- “fordrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
for- + drive, from Middle Low German vordriven
Verb edit
fordrive (present tense fordriv, past tense fordreiv, past participle fordrive, passive infinitive fordrivast, present participle fordrivande, imperative fordriv)
- to drive away, drive out, expel, banish, dispel
- fordrive tida: to while away / pass the time
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- “fordrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.