faren – Middle English verb conjugation

Middle English verb forms of faren

Infinitive

faren; to faren; fare

Participles

Presentfarynge; farende
Pastferd; faren; fare; yfaren; yfare; yferd

Indicative

Present

1st sing.fare
2nd sing.farest
3rd sing.fareth
1st plur.faren; fare; fareth
2nd plur.faren; fare; fareth
3rd plur.faren; fare; fareth

Past

1st sing.ferde; for
2nd sing.fore; ferdest
3rd sing.ferde; for
1st plur.foren; fore; ferden; ferde
2nd plur.foren; fore; ferden; ferde
3rd plur.foren; fore; ferden; ferde

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.fare
2nd sing.fare
3rd sing.fare

Past

1st sing.fore; ferde
2nd sing.fore; ferde
3rd sing.fore; ferde

Imperative

Singularfare
Pluralfareth; fare

Verbs conjugated like faren

faren,

Etymology

1. Originally two distinct verbs:
2. * Old English faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.
3. * Old English fēran, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. See: Old English 'faran', Proto-Germanic '*faraną', Proto-Germanic '*fōrijaną'.

Verbs referencing "faren"

English fare.

Sample Sentences

  • 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.) [p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:]

Cognates

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