fornimen

Alternative forms

• fornemen

Etymology

From Old English forniman (“to take away, deprive of, plunder, waste, devastate, destroy, consume, annul, disfigure, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *farnemaną, *franemaną (“to take away, hear, learn”), equivalent to for- +‎ nimen.

Cognate with West Frisian fornimme (“to learn, hear, find out”), Dutch vernemen (“to learn, hear, find out, understand”), German vernehmen (“to hear, learn, question, examine”), Swedish förnimma (“to apprehend, perceive, notice”). More at for-, nim.

Verb

fornimen (third-person singular simple present fornimeth, present participle fornimende, past singular fornam, past plural fornumen, past participle fornomen)

1. (transitive) to take away, remove; deprive
2. (transitive) to destroy, do away with, fordo
3. (transitive) to encroach upon