Infinitive
fornimen; to fornimen; fornime
Participles
| Present | fornimende; fornimynge |
| Past | fornomen; fornumen; fornume; fornome |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | fornime |
| 2nd sing. | fornimest |
| 3rd sing. | fornimeth |
| 1st plur. | fornimen; fornime; fornimeth |
| 2nd plur. | fornimen; fornime; fornimeth |
| 3rd plur. | fornimen; fornime; fornimeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | fornom; fornam |
| 2nd sing. | fornome; forname |
| 3rd sing. | fornom; fornam |
| 1st plur. | fornomen; fornome; fornamen; forname |
| 2nd plur. | fornomen; fornome; fornamen; forname |
| 3rd plur. | fornomen; fornome; fornamen; forname |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | fornime |
| 2nd sing. | fornime |
| 3rd sing. | fornime |
Past
| 1st sing. | fornome; forname |
| 2nd sing. | fornome; forname |
| 3rd sing. | fornome; forname |
Imperative
| Singular | fornime |
| Plural | fornimeth; fornime |
Verbs conjugated like fornimen
fornimen,
Etymology
1. 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.
2. 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. See: Old English '
forniman', Dutch '
vernemen', German, old spelling '
vernehmen', Swedish '
förnimma'.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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