"forthfare" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forthfares [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forthfare, from Old English forþfaru (“a going forth, departure”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forthfare}} Middle English forthfare, {{inh|en|ang|forþfaru|t=a going forth, departure}} Old English forþfaru (“a going forth, departure”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} forthfare (plural forthfares)
  1. (obsolete) Departure. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-forthfare-en-noun-cjdwyMEQ
  2. (obsolete) Passing bell, death knell. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-forthfare-en-noun-7V5zGlSG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 77 8 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: forthfares [present, singular, third-person], forthfaring [participle, present], forthfared [participle, past], forthfared [past]
Etymology: From Middle English forthfaren, from Old English forþfaran (“to go forth, depart”), equivalent to forth- + fare. Related to forþfaru (“departure”) and forþfōr (“departure, death”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forthfaren}} Middle English forthfaren, {{inh|en|ang|forþfaran||to go forth, depart}} Old English forþfaran (“to go forth, depart”), {{prefix|en|forth|fare}} forth- + fare, {{m|ang|forþfaru|t=departure}} forþfaru (“departure”), {{m|ang|forþfōr|t=departure, death}} forþfōr (“departure, death”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} forthfare (third-person singular simple present forthfares, present participle forthfaring, simple past and past participle forthfared)
  1. (intransitive) To go forth; go away; depart; journey. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-forthfare-en-verb-~2AkqAB0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with forth- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with forth-: 74 26
  2. (intransitive) To decease; pass away; die. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-forthfare-en-verb-Vs23JCKU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forthfaring
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for forthfare meaning in English (4.4kB)

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