Participles
| Present | fornimende |
| Past | fornumen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | fornime |
| 2nd sing. | fornimest; fornimst |
| 3rd sing. | fornimeþ; fornimþ |
| 1st plur. | fornimaþ |
| 2nd plur. | fornimaþ |
| 3rd plur. | fornimaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | fornōm |
| 2nd sing. | fornōme |
| 3rd sing. | fornōm |
| 1st plur. | fornōmon |
| 2nd plur. | fornōmon |
| 3rd plur. | fornōmon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | fornime |
| 2nd sing. | fornime |
| 3rd sing. | fornime |
| 1st plur. | fornimen |
| 2nd plur. | fornimen |
| 3rd plur. | fornimen |
Past
| 1st sing. | fornōme |
| 2nd sing. | fornōme |
| 3rd sing. | fornōme |
| 1st plur. | fornōmen |
| 2nd plur. | fornōmen |
| 3rd plur. | fornōmen |
Imperative
| Singular | fornim |
| Plural | fornimaþ |
Verbs similar to 'forniman'
forbitan,
forcuman,
fordeman,
forgieman,
forgifan,
forgyman,
forliþan,
forþian,
oferniman,
animan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *franemaną. Equivalent to for- + niman. Cognate with Old Saxon farniman, Old High German firneman. More at nim. See: Proto-Germanic '
*franemaną', Old Saxon '
farniman', Old High German 'firneman'.
Verbs referencing "forniman"
Middle English
fornimen.
Sample Sentences
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Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
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drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
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wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm, (The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
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deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
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proud by the wall. The war took away some men,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
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Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre... (Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...)
Cognates
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