fornimen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fornemen

Etymology

From Old English forniman (“to take away, deprive of, plunder, waste, devastate, destroy, consume, annul, disfigure, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *farnemaną, *franemaną (“to take away, hear, learn”), equivalent to for- +‎ nimen.

Cognate with West Frisian fornimme (“to learn, hear, find out”), Dutch vernemen (“to learn, hear, find out, understand”), German vernehmen (“to hear, learn, question, examine”), Swedish förnimma (“to apprehend, perceive, notice”). More at for-, nim.

Verb

fornimen (third-person singular simple present fornimeth, present participle fornimende, past singular fornom, past plural fornomen, past participle fornomen)

1. (transitive) to take away, remove; deprive
2. (transitive) to destroy, do away with, fordo
3. (transitive) to encroach upon

Conjugation

Conjugation of fornimen (strong class 4)

infinitive	(to) fornimen, fornime
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fornime	fornom, fornam
2nd-person singular	fornimest	fornome, forname, fornom, fornam
3rd-person singular	fornimeth	fornom, fornam
subjunctive singular	fornime	fornome1, forname1
imperative singular		—
plural2	fornimen, fornime	fornomen, fornome, fornamen, forname
imperative plural	fornimeth, fornime	—
participles	fornimynge, fornimende	fornumen, fornume, fornomen, fornome

¹ Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
² Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• forniming