forten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrtən/

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• Hyphenation: for‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɔrtən

Noun

forten

1. plural of fort

Middle English

Alternative forms

• forteon

Etymology

From Old English fortēon (“to mislead, seduce; draw over, cover, obscure”), equivalent to for- +‎ ten (“to draw”). Cognate with West Frisian fortsjen (“to move out, depart”), German verziehen (“to warp, stretch, spoil, move away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈteːn/

Verb

forten (third-person singular simple present fortēþ, present participle fortēnde, first-/third-person singular past indicative forteh, past participle fortogen)

1. (Early Middle English, rare) To pull away; to draw away.

Conjugation

Conjugation of forten (strong class 2)

infinitive	(to) forten, forte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	forte	forteh
2nd-person singular	fortest	fortuge
3rd-person singular	forteþ	forteh
subjunctive singular	forte	fortuge1
imperative singular		—
plural2	forten, forte	fortugen, fortuge
imperative plural	forteþ, forte	—
participles	fortende	fortogen, fortoge

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

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

forten

1. imperative of fortena

Swedish

Noun

forten

1. definite plural of fort
2. indefinite plural of forte

Anagrams

• fonter