forniman

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *franemaną. Equivalent to for- +‎ niman. Cognate with Old Saxon farniman, Old High German firneman. More at nim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈni.mɑn/

Verb

forniman

1. to take away, plunder, waste, ransack
2. to take hold of, seize, do away with; fordo
3. to consume; fret, devour
4. to destroy
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre...

     Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...

Conjugation

Conjugation of forniman (strong class 4)

infinitive	forniman	fornimenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	fornime	fornōm
second person singular	fornimest, fornimst	fornōme
third person singular	fornimeþ, fornimþ	fornōm
plural	fornimaþ	fornōmon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	fornime	fornōme
plural	fornimen	fornōmen
imperative
singular	fornim
plural	fornimaþ
participle	present	past
	fornimende	fornumen

Descendants

• Middle English: fornimen