fornimen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
fornimen (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 edit
Conjugation of fornimen (strong class 4)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.