fordon

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōną; equivalent to for- +‎ don.

Verb

fordon (third-person singular simple present fordoth, present participle fordede, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fordone)

1. to kill

Descendants

• English: fordo

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fradōną (“to do away with”), equivalent to for- +‎ dōn. Cognate with Old Saxon fardōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈdoːn/

Verb

fordōn

1. to kill, destroy, exterminate
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"

     ...Ġehȳr nū god ælmihtiġ þīnes ðēowan bene, and þās earman ānlīcnyssa mid ealle fordō...

     ...Hear now, God Almighty, thy servant's prayer, and utterly destroy these miserable images,...

   • 1846, Benjamin Thorpe (editor), Þā Hālgan Godspel on Englisc, Matheuses Ġerecednys, 10:21^[1]

     Sōðlīċe brōðer sylþ his brōðer tō dēaþe, and fæder his sunu, and bearn arīsaþ onġēn māgas, and tō dēaþe hiġ fordōð.

     Forsooth brother delivers his brother to death, as the father does his son, and children arise against kinsmen and put them to death.

2. to seduce, corrupt, defile

Conjugation

Conjugation of fordōn (irregular)

infinitive	fordōn	fordōnne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	fordō	fordyde
second person singular	fordēst	fordydest
third person singular	fordēþ	fordyde
plural	fordōþ	fordydon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	fordō	fordyde
plural	fordōn	fordyden
imperative
singular	fordō
plural	fordōþ
participle	present	past
	fordōnde	fordōn

Descendants

• Middle English: fordon
  • English: fordo

Swedish

Etymology

fara (“to travel”) or fora (“a cargo”) +‎ don (“tool, implement”)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fordon n

1. a vehicle, a conveyance

   Med spårvagn menas fordon, som löper å skenor i marken.

   The word tramcars denotes vehicles which move over railway tracks in the ground.

Declension

Declension of fordon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fordon	fordons
	definite	fordonet	fordonets
plural	indefinite	fordon	fordons
	definite	fordonen	fordonens

See also

• fartyg

References

• fordon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fordon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fordon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)