Participles
| Present | farende |
| Past | (ġe)færen; (ġe)faren |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | fare |
| 2nd sing. | færest; færst |
| 3rd sing. | færeþ; færþ |
| 1st plur. | faraþ |
| 2nd plur. | faraþ |
| 3rd plur. | faraþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | fōr |
| 2nd sing. | fōre |
| 3rd sing. | fōr |
| 1st plur. | fōron |
| 2nd plur. | fōron |
| 3rd plur. | fōron |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | fare |
| 2nd sing. | fare |
| 3rd sing. | fare |
| 1st plur. | faren |
| 2nd plur. | faren |
| 3rd plur. | faren |
Past
| 1st sing. | fōre |
| 2nd sing. | fōre |
| 3rd sing. | fōre |
| 1st plur. | fōren |
| 2nd plur. | fōren |
| 3rd plur. | fōren |
Verbs conjugated like 'faran'
faran,
Verbs similar to 'faran'
afaran,
færan,
feran,
acan,
afæran,
agan,
alan,
arian,
bacan,
barian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną. Cognate with Old Frisian fara, Old Saxon faran, Old Dutch faran, Old High German faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran). See: Proto-Germanic '
*faraną', Old Saxon '
faran', Old High German 'faran', Old Norse '
fara'.
Verbs referencing "faran"
English
travel, English
fare, Old Saxon
faran, English
firk, Middle English
faren.
Sample Sentences
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Iċ fare tō helle gatum. (I'm going to the gates of hell.)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33 (O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go to there which I go; and now I tell you.)
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Blickling Homilies, "St. Andrew"
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Wē bēoþ mid þē swā hwæder swā þū færest. (We'll be with you wherever you go.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl. (We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.)
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late 9th century, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
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Þā fōr hē swā feorr swā hē meahte on þām ōðrum þrim dagum ġesiġlan. (Then he traveled as far as he could sail in the next three days.)
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Antonius hæfde þrītiġ sċipa on þām wǣron farenda hundeahtatiġ ēoreda. (Antonius had 30 ships carrying 80 legions [literally "on which were traveling 80 legions"].)
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c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
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Hui, hū færest þū?
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Hey, how's it going? ((literally, “Hey, how are you faring?”))
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c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
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Hū mæġ sē mann wel faran þe his mōd āwent fram eallum þissum bōcum, and biþ him swā ānwille þæt him lēofre biþ þæt hē libbe ǣfre be his āgnum dihte āsċīred fram þissum, swelċe hē ne cunne Cristes ġesetnessa?
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How can someone do well if they turn their mind from all these books [stuff that Ælfric wrote], if they're so stubborn that they would rather live their life always making their own separate judgments, as if they don't know the laws of Christ?
Cognates
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