English

Adverb

forn ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
   • The Parnassus plays

     Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, / The lisping gallant might injoy his wench.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin furnus.

Noun

forn m ‎(plural forns)

1. oven

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin furnus. Cognate with Welsh ffwrn ‎(“oven”)

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [fɔrn]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [vɔrn]

Noun

forn f (plural fornow)

1. oven

   Yma pysk y'n forn.‎

   There’s a fish in the oven.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrtn/

  Rhymes: -ɔrtn

Adjective

forn ‎(comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)

1. old, ancient

Declension

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fur-

Adverb

fōrn

1. before, in front of, opposit, across from

   Gesæt Benedictus fórn ongeán ðam — Sat Benedict opposit to them

Related terms

• forne
• foran

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *furhnō ‎(“trout”).

Noun

forn f

1. trout

Usage notes

• The precise gender of the word is unknown. It is generally regarded as a feminine a-stem due to cognates in related Germanic languages.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fernaz ‎(“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *perHm-, *perH- ‎(“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- ‎(“forth, over, across, through”). Cognate with Old English firn, fyrn-, Old Frisian fīr, fēr, Old Saxon fern, Old High German firni, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 ‎(fairneis).

Adjective

forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastr)

1. old, ancient

Declension

Descendants

• Faroese: fornur
• Icelandic: forn
• Swedish: forn

References

• forn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin furnus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French forn.

Noun

forn m ‎(oblique plural forns, nominative singular forns, nominative plural forn)

1. oven (device for baking, cooking, etc.)

Descendants

• Catalan: forn

References

• (fr)(de) furnus in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Adjective

forn

1. ancient, very old

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: forn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish forn, from Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz ‎(“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *perǝm-, *perǝ- ‎(“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- ‎(“forth, over, across, through”)

Adjective

forn

1. ancient, very old

Declension

Related terms

• fornforskare
• fornforskning
• forngermansk
• fornminne
• fornnordisk
• fornsvensk
• forntid