forfare

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English

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Etymology

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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).

Verb

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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.
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To destroy; ruin.
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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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forfare

  1. inflection of forfaran:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive