Faran

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.4 Related words 2 Swedish 2.1 Noun

Old English

Etymology

From Germanic *fara-, from Indo-European *per-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fara, Old Saxon faran (Dutch varen), Old High German faran (German fahren), Old Norse fara (Swedish fara), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽. The IE root is also the source of Greek περαν, Latin portare, Slavic *pьratī (Old Church Slavonic перѫ, Russian переть).

Pronunciation

IPA: /'faɹan/

Verb

(Ä¡e)faran (class VI strong)

1. to go, to travel

   Nu wylle ic faran: Now I will go.

Related words

• fēran
• faru
• fyrd

Swedish

Noun

faran

1. definite singular of fara