forn
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (“before, in front, forward, to the front”). More at fore.
Adverb edit
forn (not comparable)
- (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.
- 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”). Compare Occitan forn or horn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forn m (plural forns)
- oven
- bakery
- Synonyms: fleca, forn de pa
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “forn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “forn”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “forn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “forn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin furnus. Cognate with Welsh ffwrn (“oven”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forn f (plural fornow)
- oven
- Yma pysk y'n forn.
- There’s a fish in the oven.
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | fornari | fornari | fornara |
accusative | fornari | fornari | fornara |
dative | fornari | fornari | fornara |
genitive | fornari | fornari | fornara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fornari | fornari | fornari |
accusative | fornari | fornari | fornari |
dative | fornari | fornari | fornari |
genitive | fornari | fornari | fornari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fornastur | 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 |
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 | fornustu | fornustu | fornustu |
genitive | fornustu | fornustu | fornustu |
Maltese edit
Root |
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f-r-n |
1 term |
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forn m (plural fran, diminutive frajjen)
Related terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.
Adjective edit
forn (neuter fornt, definite singular and plural forne, comparative fornare, indefinite superlative fornast, definite superlative fornaste)
References edit
- “forn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forn m (plural forns)
Dialectal variants edit
Derived terms edit
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *forn, *furn, from Proto-Germanic *furnaz, variant of *fernaz.
Alternative forms edit
- fōrn
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
forn
Adverb edit
forn
- before, in front of, opposite, across from
- Ġesæt Benedictus forn onġēan ðam ― Sat Benedict opposite to them (Homl. Th. ii. 168, 15)
- Oþðæt he eft cume hyre forne ġēan ― until he again comes opposite to it (Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 8, 13; Lchdm. iii. 248, 17)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *forhnu, from Proto-Germanic *furhnō (“trout”).
Alternative forms edit
- fōrn
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forn f
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
forn
Derived terms edit
- fyrnska (“ancientry, ancient (heathen) practices”)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastr)
Declension edit
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 |
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 |
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 edit
- Icelandic: forn
- Faroese: fornur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forn
- Norwegian: (dialectal) fonn, fodn
- Norwegian Bokmål: forn
- Old Swedish: forn
- Swedish: forn
- Danish: forne
References edit
- “forn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin furnus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French forn.
Noun edit
forn m (oblique plural forns, nominative singular forns, nominative plural forn)
- oven (device for baking, cooking, etc.)
Descendants edit
- Occitan: forn
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “furnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 902
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.
Adjective edit
forn
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | forn | forn | fornt |
accusative | fornan | forna | fornt |
dative | fornum fornom |
forni forni |
fornu forno |
genitive | forns | fornar | forns |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fornir forner |
fornar | forn |
accusative | forna | fornar | forn |
dative | fornum fornom |
fornum fornom |
fornum fornom |
genitive | forna forna |
forna forna |
forna forna |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | forni forne |
forna | forna |
accusative | forna | fornu forno |
forna |
dative | forna | fornu forno |
forna |
genitive | forna | fornu forno |
forna |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fornu forno |
fornu forno |
fornu forno |
accusative | fornu forno |
fornu forno |
fornu forno |
dative | fornu forno |
fornu forno |
fornu forno |
genitive | fornu forno |
fornu forno |
fornu forno |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: forn
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Adjective edit
forn
- belonging to the (ancient) past
- Det forna Jugoslavien ― The former Yugoslavia
Usage notes edit
Rare in other forms than forna or forne, or as part of compounds.
Declension edit
Inflection of forn | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | forn | — | — |
Neuter singular | fornt | — | — |
Plural | forna | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | forne | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | forne | — | — |
All | forna | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
- fornforskare
- fornforskning
- forngermansk
- forngrekisk
- fornminne
- fornnordisk
- fornnordiska (“Old Norse”)
- fornsvensk
- forntid
- forntida