fordon

Etymology

From Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōną.

Verb

fordon (third-person singular simple present fordoth, present participle fordede, simple past and past participle fordone)

1. to kill

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fradōną (“to do away with”), equivalent to for- +‎ dōn. Cognate with Old Saxon fardōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈdoːn/

Verb

fordōn

1. to kill, destroy, exterminate
   • 1846, Benjamin Thorpe (editor), Þā Hālgan Godspel on Englisc, Matheuses Ġerecednys, 10:21

     Sōðlīċe brōðer sylþ his brōðer tō dēaþe, and fæder his sunu, and bearn arīsaþ onġēn māgas, and tō dēaþe hiġ fordōð.

     Forsooth brother delivers his brother to death, as the father does his son, and children arise against kinsmen and put them to death.

2. to seduce, corrupt, defile

Etymology

fara (“to travel”) or fora (“a cargo”) +‎ don (“a tool”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

fordon n

1. a vehicle, a conveyance

   Med spårvagn menas fordon, som löper å i marken nedlagda skenor.

   Tramcars are vehicles which move over railways.