faran

See also: farán and fåran

Catalan

Verb

faran

1. third-person plural future indicative form of fer

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faraną. Compare Old Saxon faran, Old Frisian fara, Old High German faran, Old English faran, Old Norse fara.

Verb

faran

1. to go, sail

Conjugation

Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)

infinitive	faran
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	faru	fuor
2nd person singular	faris, farist	fuori
3rd person singular	farit	fuor
1st person plural	faron	fuorun
2nd person plural	faret	fuorut
3rd person plural	farunt	fuorun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	fare	fuori
2nd person singular	fares, farest	fuoris, fuorist
3rd person singular	fare	fuori
1st person plural	faren	fuorin
2nd person plural	faret	fuorit
3rd person plural	farent	fuorint
imperative	present
singular	far
plural	faret
participle	present	past
	farandi	gefaron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: varen
  • Dutch: varen

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Old English

Alternative forms

• fearan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *por-. Cognate with Old Frisian fara (West Frisian farre), Old Saxon faran (German Low German fahren, föhren (“to go by car, train etc.”)), Old Dutch faran (Dutch varen), Old High German faran (German fahren), Old Norse fara (Danish fare, Icelandic fara and Swedish fara), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πέραν (péran), Latin portō, Albanian shpurë (“escort”), Proto-Slavic *pьratī (Old Church Slavonic перѫ (perǫ), Russian переть (peretʹ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑrɑn/

Verb

faran

1. (West Saxon) to go; to travel, to journey

   Nu wylle ic faran.

   Now I want to travel.

Conjugation

Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)

infinitive	faran	tō farenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fare	fōr
2nd-person singular	færest	fōre
3rd-person singular	færeþ	fōr
plural	faraþ	fōron
subjunctive	present	past
singular	fare	fōre
plural	faren	fōren
imperative
singular	far
plural	faraþ
participle	present	past
	farende	(ġe)faren

Derived terms

Derived terms

• āfaran
• forfaran
• forþfaran

• ġefaran
• ġeondfaran
• infaran

• oferfaran
• wiþfaran

• ymbfaran
• þurhfaran

Related terms

• fær
• fǣr
• fēran
• faru
• fyrd
• faroþ

Descendants

• Middle English: faren
  • Scots: fare, fair
  • English: fare

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faraną, whence also Old Saxon faran, Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

Verb

faran

1. to proceed

Conjugation

Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)

infinitive	faran
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	faru	fuor
2nd person singular	faris	fuori
3rd person singular	farit	fuor
1st person plural	farem, faremes	fuorum, fuorumes
2nd person plural	faret	fuorut
3rd person plural	farant	fuorun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	fare	fuori
2nd person singular	fares	fuoris
3rd person singular	fare	fuori
1st person plural	farem, faremes	fuorim, fuorimes
2nd person plural	faret	fuorit
3rd person plural	faren	fuorin
imperative	present
singular	far
plural	faret
participle	present	past
	faranti	gifaran

Descendants

• German: fahren

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faraną. Compare Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Frisian fara, Old High German faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

Verb

faran

1. to go, to travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of faran (strong class 6)

infinitive	faran
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	faru	fōr
2nd person singular	feris	fōri
3rd person singular	ferid	fōr
plural	farad	fōrun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	fare	fōri
2nd person singular	fares	fōris
3rd person singular	fare	fōri
plural	faren	fōrin
imperative	present
singular	far
plural	farad
participle	present	past
	farandi	gifaran, faran

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Swedish

Noun

faran

1. definite singular of fara