forkerven
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English forċeorfan. Equivalent to for- + kerven.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]forkerven
- To divide, separate, cleave (in two pieces)
- (rare, medicine) To make soft, to disintegrate
- (rare) To eat at, corrode
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of forkerven (strong class 3)
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- English: forcarve
References
[edit]- “forkerven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.