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fornimen

fornimen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Verb

fornimen ‎(third-person singular simple present fornimeth, present participle fornimende, past singular fornam, past plural fornumen, past participle fornomen)

  1. (transitive) to take away, remove; deprive
  2. (transitive) to destroy, do away with, fordo
  3. (transitive) to encroach upon

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • forniming

Etymology

From Old English forniman ‎(“to take away, deprive of, plunder, waste, devastate, destroy, consume, annul, disfigure, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *farnemaną, *franemaną ‎(“to take away, hear, learn”), equivalent to for- +‎ nimen.

Cognate with West Frisian fornimme ‎(“to learn, hear, find out”), Dutch vernemen ‎(“to learn, hear, find out, understand”), German vernehmen ‎(“to hear, learn, question, examine”), Swedish förnimma ‎(“to apprehend, perceive, notice”). More at for-, nim.

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