forn

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See also: fórn

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (before, in front, forward, to the front). More at fore.

Adverb

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forn (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
    • 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays
      Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, / The lisping gallant might injoy his wench.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (warm, hot). Compare Occitan forn or horn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forn m (plural forns)

  1. oven
  2. bakery
    Synonyms: fleca, forn de pa

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin furnus. Cognate with Welsh ffwrn (oven).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forn f (plural fornow)

  1. oven
    Yma pysk y'n forn.
    There’s a fish in the oven.

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin furnus.

Noun

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forn m (plural forns) (ORB, broad)

  1. oven

References

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  • four in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • forn in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)

  1. old, ancient

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Maltese

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Root
f-r-n
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic فُرْن (furn), from Aramaic פורנא / ܦܘܪܢܐ (pūrnā), from Ancient Greek φοῦρνος (phoûrnos), from Latin furnus. There is no reason to doubt the inheritance of the word in Maltese and consider it a borrowing from an Italo-Romance cognate such as Italian forno. The Arabic word is attested early, the outcome forn is expected in Maltese, and so is the plural fran from Arabic أَفْران (ʔafrān). Only the derivative furnar (baker) is, of course, a borrowing (widely replacing native ħabbież).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forn m (plural fran, diminutive frajjen)

  1. oven
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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forn (neuter fornt, definite singular and plural forne, comparative fornare, indefinite superlative fornast, definite superlative fornaste)

  1. old, ancient

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forn m (plural forns)

  1. oven

Dialectal variants

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Derived terms

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *forn, *furn, from Proto-Germanic *furnaz, variant of *fernaz.

Alternative forms

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  • fōrn

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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forn

  1. old, longstanding, time-honoured

Adverb

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forn

  1. before, in front of, opposite, across from
    • Ġesæt Benedictus forn onġēan ðamSat Benedict opposite to them (Homl. Th. ii. 168, 15)
    • Oþðæt he eft cume hyre forne ġēanuntil he again comes opposite to it (Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 8, 13; Lchdm. iii. 248, 17)
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *forhnu, from Proto-Germanic *furhnō (trout).

Alternative forms

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  • fōrn

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forn f

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

Old Gutnish

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Etymology

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Cognate with Old Norse forn.

Adjective

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forn

  1. old, ancient

Derived terms

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  • fyrnska (ancientry, ancient (heathen) practices)

Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastr)

  1. old, ancient

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: forn
  • Faroese: fornur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forn
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) fonn, fodn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forn
  • Old Swedish: forn
  • Danish: forne

References

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

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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forn

  1. ancient, very old

Declension

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Descendants

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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forn

  1. belonging to the (ancient) past
    Det forna JugoslavienThe former Yugoslavia

Usage notes

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Rare in other forms than forna or forne, or as part of compounds.

Declension

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Inflection of forn
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular forn
Neuter singular fornt
Plural forna
Masculine plural3 forne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 forne
All forna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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