faren

See also: fåren and fǎrén

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːən/, [ˈfɑːɑn], [ˈfɑ̈ːɑ̈n]

Noun

faren c

  1. definite singular of far
  2. definite singular of fare

Middle English

Etymology 1

Originally two distinct verbs:

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːrən/

Verb

faren (third-person singular simple present fareth, present participle farynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative ferde, past participle ferd)

  1. To move, go or travel:
    • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:
      Þu myhteſ faren al a dæiſ fare ſculdeſt thu neure finden man in tun ſittende · ne land tiled.
      You could go a whole day's journey, but you'd never find anyone in town or any tilled fields.
    1. To depart or leave.
    2. To attack; to charge against.
    3. (figurative) To die; to depart from the world.
  2. To act or behave:
    1. To fare; to get along.
    2. To be hosted (as a guest).
    3. To result in; to turn out.
  3. To resemble something else.
  4. To proceed to do; to start or continue doing.
  5. (of time) To elapse; to pass.
Conjugation
Conjugation of faren (strong class 6 or weak irregular)
infinitive (to) faren, fare
present tense past tense
1st-person singular fare for, ferde
2nd-person singular farest fore, for, ferdest
3rd-person singular fareth for, ferde
subjunctive singular fare fore1, ferde1
imperative singular
plural2 faren, fare foren, fore, ferden, ferde
imperative plural fareth, fare
participles farynge, farende faren, fare, ferd, yfaren, yfare, yferd

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

Descendants
  • English: fare
  • Scots: fare
References

Etymology 2

From Old English fearh (piglet) + -en (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfarən/

Noun

faren (genitive varewes)

  1. farrows, young pigs
Descendants
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of fare

Etymology 2

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of far

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of fare

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

  1. definite singular of far

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Participle

faren (neuter fare, definite singular and plural farne)

  1. past participle of fara and fare

Old English

Verb

faren

  1. past participle of faran

Spanish

Verb

faren

  1. third-person plural future subjunctive of far

Swedish

Etymology 1

Participle

faren

  1. past participle of fara

Etymology 2

Noun

faren c

  1. (ichthyology) zope, blue bream, Abramis ballerus
Declension

Further reading

Anagrams

Turkish

Noun

faren

  1. second-person singular possessive singular of fare