forkerven
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English forċeorfan. Equivalent to for- + kerven.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editforkerven
- To divide, separate, cleave (in two pieces)
- (rare, medicine) To make soft, to disintegrate
- (rare) To eat at, corrode
Conjugation
editConjugation of forkerven (strong class 3)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: forcarve
References
edit- “forkerven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.