faran

faran

1. third-person plural future indicative form of fer

From Proto-Germanic *faraną.

faran

1. to go, sail

• Middle Dutch: vāren
  • Dutch: varen
  • Limburgish: vare

• “faran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• fearan, fara, færan, færa, feran

From Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *por-. Cognate with Old Frisian fara (West Frisian farre), Old Saxon faran (German Low German fahren, föhren (“to go by car, train etc.”)), Old Dutch faran (Dutch varen), Old High German faran (German fahren), Old Norse fara (Danish fare, Icelandic fara and Swedish fara), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πέραν (péran), Latin portō, Albanian shpurë (“escort”), Proto-Slavic *pьratī (Old Church Slavonic перѫ (perǫ), Russian переть (peretʹ)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑrɑn/

faran

1. to go; travel, journey

   Far tō helle!

   Go to hell!

2. to fare, to exist in any state.

   Far wel!

   Farewell!

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Hui, hū færst þū?

     Hey, how's it going? (Literally: 'Hey, how are you faring?')

• fær
• fǣr
• fēran
• faru
• fyrd
• faroþ

• Middle English: faren
  • English: fare
  • Scots: fare, fair

From Proto-Germanic *faraną, whence also Old Saxon faran, Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

faran

1. to proceed

• Middle High German: varen, varn
  • Alemannic German: faare, fare
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: faare

  • German: fahren
  • Luxembourgish: fueren
  • Yiddish: פֿאָרן‎ (forn)

From Proto-Germanic *faraną, whence also Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Frisian fara, Old High German faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

faran

1. to go, to travel

• Middle Low German: vāren
  • German Low German: fahren

faran

1. definite singular of fara