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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Prefix[edit]
far-
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
far- | ar- | var- |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English[edit]
Prefix[edit]
far-
- Alternative form of for-
Old Saxon[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *firi- (“around, across”), *fra- (“away from, off of, fully”), *furi- (“before, forth, forward”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
far-
- forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’
- farbiodan (“to forbid, prohibit”)
- farwerthan (“to perish, die”)
- farswerian (“to forswear”)
- used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up
- farbrekan (“to violate”)
- farswindan (“to disappear”)
- fargeƀan (“to forgive”)
- very
- farwurht (“a very evil deed”)
Descendants[edit]
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Prefix[edit]
far-