forfare

English

Etymology

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

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.

Related terms

• forfairn