See also: fórn

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (before, in front, forward, to the front). More at fore.

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forn (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
    • 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays
      Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, / The lisping gallant might injoy his wench.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (warm, hot). Compare Occitan forn or horn.

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forn m (plural forns)

  1. oven
  2. bakery
    Synonyms: fleca, forn de pa

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *furn, from Latin furnus. Cognate with Welsh ffwrn (oven).

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forn f (plural fornow)

  1. oven
    Yma pysk y'n forn.
    There’s a fish in the oven.

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin furnus.

Noun

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forn m (plural forns) (ORB, broad)

  1. oven

References

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  • four in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • forn in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

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forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)

  1. old, ancient

Declension

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Positive forms of forn
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative forn forn fornt
accusative fornan forna
dative fornum fornri fornu
genitive forns fornrar forns
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornir fornar forn
accusative forna
dative fornum
genitive fornra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative forni forna forna
acc/dat/gen forna fornu
plural (all-case) fornu
Comparative forms of forn
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) fornari fornari fornara
plural (all-case) fornari
Superlative forms of forn
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornastur fornust fornast
accusative fornastan fornasta
dative fornustum fornastri fornustu
genitive fornasts fornastrar fornasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornastir fornastar fornust
accusative fornasta
dative fornustum
genitive fornastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornasti fornasta fornasta
acc/dat/gen fornasta fornustu
plural (all-case) fornustu

Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic فُرْن (furn), from Aramaic פורנא / ܦܘܪܢܐ (pūrnā), from Ancient Greek φοῦρνος (phoûrnos), from Latin furnus. There is no reason to doubt the inheritance of the word in Maltese and consider it a borrowing from an Italo-Romance cognate such as Italian forno. The Arabic word is attested early, the outcome forn is expected in Maltese, and so is the plural fran from Arabic أَفْران (ʔafrān). Only the derivative furnar (baker) is, of course, a borrowing (widely replacing native ħabbież).

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forn m (plural fran, diminutive frajjen)

  1. oven
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

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forn (neuter fornt, definite singular and plural forne, comparative fornare, indefinite superlative fornast, definite superlative fornaste)

  1. old, ancient

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin furnus.

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forn m (plural forns)

  1. oven

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *forn, *furn, from Proto-Germanic *furnaz, variant of *fernaz.

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  • fōrn

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Adjective

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forn

  1. old, longstanding, time-honoured

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forn

  1. before, in front of, opposite, across from
    • Ġesæt Benedictus forn onġēan ðamSat Benedict opposite to them (Homl. Th. ii. 168, 15)
    • Oþðæt he eft cume hyre forne ġēanuntil he again comes opposite to it (Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 8, 13; Lchdm. iii. 248, 17)
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *forhnu, from Proto-Germanic *furhnō (trout).

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  • fōrn

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Noun

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forn f

  1. trout
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  • The precise gender of the word is unknown. It is generally regarded as a feminine ō-stem due to cognates in related Germanic languages.

Old Gutnish

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Etymology

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Cognate with Old Norse forn.

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forn

  1. old, ancient

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  • fyrnska (ancientry, ancient (heathen) practices)

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fernaz (foregoing, previous; recent), from Proto-Indo-European *perHm-, *perH- (fore, first), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (forth, over, across, through). Cognate with Old English firn, fyrn-, Old Frisian fīr, fēr, Old Saxon fern, Old High German firni, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (fairneis).

Adjective

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forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastr)

  1. old, ancient

Declension

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Strong declension of forn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative forn forn fornt
accusative fornan forna fornt
dative fornum forni fornu
genitive forns fornar forns
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornir fornar forn
accusative forna fornar forn
dative fornum fornum fornum
genitive forna forna forna
Weak declension of forn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative forni forna forna
accusative forna fornu forna
dative forna fornu forna
genitive forna fornu forna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornu fornu fornu
accusative fornu fornu fornu
dative fornum fornum fornum
genitive fornu fornu fornu
Declension of comparative of forn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornari fornari fornara
accusative fornara fornari fornara
dative fornara fornari fornara
genitive fornara fornari fornara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornari fornari fornari
accusative fornari fornari fornari
dative fornurum fornurum fornurum
genitive fornari fornari fornari
Strong declension of superlative of forn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornastr fornust fornast
accusative fornastan fornasta fornast
dative fornustum fornastri fornustu
genitive fornasts fornastrar fornasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornastir fornastar fornust
accusative fornasta fornastar fornust
dative fornustum fornustum fornustum
genitive fornastra fornastra fornastra
Weak declension of superlative of forn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornasti fornasta fornasta
accusative fornasta fornustu fornasta
dative fornasta fornustu fornasta
genitive fornasta fornustu fornasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fornustu fornustu fornustu
accusative fornustu fornustu fornustu
dative fornustum fornustum fornustum
genitive fornustu fornustu fornustu

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: forn
  • Faroese: fornur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forn
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) fonn, fodn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forn
  • Old Swedish: forn
  • Danish: forne

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “forn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin furnus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French forn.

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forn m (oblique plural forns, nominative singular forns, nominative plural forn)

  1. oven (device for baking, cooking, etc.)

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

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forn

  1. ancient, very old

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish forn, from Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz (foregoing, previous; recent), from Proto-Indo-European *perǝm-, *perǝ- (fore, first), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (forth, over, across, through).

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forn

  1. belonging to the (ancient) past
    Det forna JugoslavienThe former Yugoslavia

Usage notes

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Rare in other forms than forna or forne, or as part of compounds.

Declension

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Inflection of forn
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular forn
neuter singular fornt
plural forna
masculine plural2 forne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 forne
all forna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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