fornimen
Middle English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old English forniman (“to take away, deprive of, plunder, waste, devastate, destroy, consume, annul, disfigure, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *farnemaną, *franemaną (“to take away, hear, learn”), equivalent to for- + nimen.
Cognate with West Frisian fornimme (“to learn, hear, find out”), Dutch vernemen (“to learn, hear, find out, understand”), German vernehmen (“to hear, learn, question, examine”), Swedish förnimma (“to apprehend, perceive, notice”). More at for-, nim.
Verb
editfornimen (third-person singular simple present fornimeth, present participle fornimende, past singular fornom, past plural fornomen, past participle fornomen)
- (transitive) to take away, remove; deprive
- (transitive) to destroy, do away with, fordo
- (transitive) to encroach upon
Conjugation
editConjugation of fornimen (strong class 4)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms prefixed with for-
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English verbs
- Middle English transitive verbs
- Middle English class 4 strong verbs