feran

See also: ferán

Esperanto

Adjective

feran

  1. accusative singular of fera

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną (whence German führen), originally the causative of faran (“to travel, go”), from fōr (“going, course, journey”) (compare fōr, 1st & 3rd singular preterite of faran).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeː.rɑn/

Verb

fēran

  1. to go, to travel or journey
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCXXI Hēr Daniel ferde to Rōme ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare Īne ofslōh Cynewulf.
      Year 721 In this year Daniel went to Rome, and in the same year Ine slew Cynewulf.
    • Ic fere geond foldan ― I fare yond the land.
  2. to set out, to leave or depart
    • He on morne feran wolde ― he wished to leave in the morning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fēran (weak, class 1)
infinitive fēran fērenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular fēre fērde
second person singular fērest, fērst fērdest
third person singular fēreþ, fērþ fērde
plural fēraþ fērdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular fēre fērde
plural fēren fērden
imperative
singular fēr
plural fēraþ
participle present past
fērende (ġe)fēred

Derived terms

Descendants

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