faren

See also: fåren and fǎrén

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːən/, [ˈfɑːɑn], [ˈfɑ̈ːɑ̈n]

Noun

faren c

1. definite singular of far
2. definite singular of fare

Middle English

Etymology 1

Originally two distinct verbs:

• Old English faran, from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.
• Old English fēran, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną.

Alternative forms

• fare, faryn, feren, ffare, varen
• faran, farenn, fearen (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːrən/

Verb

faren (third-person singular simple present fareth, present participle farynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative ferde, past participle ferd)

1. To move, go or travel:
   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

     Þu myhteſ faren al a dæiſ fare ſculdeſt thu neure finden man in tun ſittende · ne land tiled.

     You could go a whole day's journey, but you'd never find anyone in town or any tilled fields.

   1. To depart or leave.
   2. To attack; to charge against.
   3. (figurative) To die; to depart from the world.
2. To act or behave:
   1. To fare; to get along.
   2. To be hosted (as a guest).
   3. To result in; to turn out.
3. To resemble something else.
4. To proceed to do; to start or continue doing.
5. (of time) To elapse; to pass.

Conjugation

Conjugation of faren (strong class 6 or weak irregular)

infinitive	(to) faren, fare
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fare	for, ferde
2nd-person singular	farest	fore, for, ferdest
3rd-person singular	fareth	for, ferde
subjunctive singular	fare	fore1, ferde1
imperative singular		—
plural2	faren, fare	foren, fore, ferden, ferde
imperative plural	fareth, fare	—
participles	farynge, farende	faren, fare, ferd, yfaren, yfare, yferd

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• fare

Descendants

• English: fare
• Scots: fare

References

• “fāren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English fearh (“piglet”) + -en (“plural suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfarən/

Noun

faren (genitive varewes)

1. farrows, young pigs

Descendants

• English: farrow
• Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry
• Yola: farragh

References

• “?faren, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of fare

Etymology 2

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of far

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of fare

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of far

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Participle

faren (neuter fare, definite singular and plural farne)

1. past participle of fara and fare

Old English

Verb

faren

1. past participle of faran

Swedish

Etymology 1

Participle

faren

1. past participle of fara

Etymology 2

Noun

faren c

1. (zoology) zope, blue bream, Abramis ballerus

Declension

Declension of faren

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	faren	farens
	definite	faren	farens
plural	indefinite	farnar	farnars
	definite	farnarna	farnarnas

Further reading

• faren in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• faren in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• faner