"forfare" meaning in All languages combined

See forfare on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: forfares [present, singular, third-person], forfaring [participle, present], forfared [past], forfore [past], forfared [participle, past], forfaren [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną, equivalent to for- + fare. Cognate with Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), Old Danish forfare (“to perish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forfaren}} Middle English forfaren, {{inh|en|ang|forfaran|t=to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct}} Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*frafaraną}} Proto-Germanic *frafaraną, {{prefix|en|for|fare}} for- + fare, {{cog|sco|forfar|t=to go amiss, decay, perish}} Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), {{cog|ofs|forfara|t=to die}} Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), {{cog|de|verfahren|t=to use up, spend, lose one's way}} German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), {{cog|gmq-oda|forfare|t=to perish}} Old Danish forfare (“to perish”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=forfore|past_ptc2=forfaren}} forfare (third-person singular simple present forfares, present participle forfaring, simple past forfared or forfore, past participle forfared or forfaren)
  1. (intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish. Tags: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-forfare-en-verb-dF7MANys Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 58 42 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 38 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 5 40 44
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To destroy; ruin. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-forfare-en-verb-EGdON6fm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: forfairn

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /forˈfɑ.re/
Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form}} forfare
  1. inflection of forfaran:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: forfaran
    Sense id: en-forfare-ang-verb-hMbAfe4B Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 38 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 5 40 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 3 43 48
  2. inflection of forfaran:
    singular present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, present, singular, subjunctive Form of: forfaran
    Sense id: en-forfare-ang-verb-ESL6IzT8 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 38 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 5 40 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 3 43 48
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "forfaren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forfaren",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "forfaran",
        "t": "to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frafaraną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frafaraną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "fare"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + fare",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "forfar",
        "t": "to go amiss, decay, perish"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "forfara",
        "t": "to die"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian forfara (“to die”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verfahren",
        "t": "to use up, spend, lose one's way"
      },
      "expansion": "German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-oda",
        "2": "forfare",
        "t": "to perish"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish forfare (“to perish”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną, equivalent to for- + fare. Cognate with Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), Old Danish forfare (“to perish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forfares",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfaring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfore",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfaren",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "forfore",
        "past_ptc2": "forfaren"
      },
      "expansion": "forfare (third-person singular simple present forfares, present participle forfaring, simple past forfared or forfore, past participle forfared or forfaren)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "forfairn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 7 38 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 5 40 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish."
      ],
      "id": "en-forfare-en-verb-dF7MANys",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "perish",
          "perish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy; ruin."
      ],
      "id": "en-forfare-en-verb-EGdON6fm",
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To destroy; ruin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfare"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "forfare",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 7 38 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 5 40 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 3 43 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "forfaran"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of forfaran:",
        "first-person singular present indicative"
      ],
      "id": "en-forfare-ang-verb-hMbAfe4B",
      "links": [
        [
          "forfaran",
          "forfaran#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 7 38 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 5 40 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 3 43 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "forfaran"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of forfaran:",
        "singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "id": "en-forfare-ang-verb-ESL6IzT8",
      "links": [
        [
          "forfaran",
          "forfaran#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈfɑ.re/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfare"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms prefixed with for-",
    "English verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English non-lemma forms",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verb forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "forfaren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forfaren",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "forfaran",
        "t": "to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frafaraną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frafaraną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "fare"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + fare",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "forfar",
        "t": "to go amiss, decay, perish"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "forfara",
        "t": "to die"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian forfara (“to die”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verfahren",
        "t": "to use up, spend, lose one's way"
      },
      "expansion": "German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-oda",
        "2": "forfare",
        "t": "to perish"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish forfare (“to perish”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną, equivalent to for- + fare. Cognate with Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), Old Danish forfare (“to perish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forfares",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfaring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfore",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfaren",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "forfore",
        "past_ptc2": "forfaren"
      },
      "expansion": "forfare (third-person singular simple present forfares, present participle forfaring, simple past forfared or forfore, past participle forfared or forfaren)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "forfairn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "perish",
          "perish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dialectal or obsolete) To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy; ruin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "ruin",
          "ruin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To destroy; ruin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfare"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English non-lemma forms",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verb forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "forfare",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "forfaran"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of forfaran:",
        "first-person singular present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forfaran",
          "forfaran#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "forfaran"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of forfaran:",
        "singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forfaran",
          "forfaran#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈfɑ.re/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfare"
}

Download raw JSONL data for forfare meaning in All languages combined (4.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (b941637 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.