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forne

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English, variation of Middle English ferne (old, long ago, distant, past), from Old English fyrn (former, ancient), from Proto-Germanic *furnaz, *fernaz, *firnijaz (old, former), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (next, of, out, through). More at fern.

Adjective

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forne (comparative more forne, superlative most forne)

  1. (obsolete) Former.
    • 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)
      The Camel's hous; whiche it is saied that a certain king / In forne yeares, when he had on a Dromedarie Camele escaped the handes of his enemies, builded there.

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Latin

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Noun

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forne

  1. vocative singular of fornus

Swedish

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Adjective

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forne

  1. definite natural masculine singular of forn

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