faren

Alternative forms

• fare, faryn, feren, ffare, varen
• faran, farenn, fearen (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːrən/

Verb

faren (third-person singular simple present fareth, present participle farynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative ferde, past participle ferd)

1. To move, go or travel:
   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

     Þu myhteſ faren al a dæiſ fare ſculdeſt thu neure finden man in tun ſittende · ne land tiled.

     You could go a whole day's journey, but you'd never find anyone in town or any tilled fields.

   1. To depart or leave.
   2. To attack; to charge against.
   3. (figurative) To die; to depart from the world.
2. To act or behave:
   1. To fare; to get along.
   2. To be hosted (as a guest).
   3. To result in; to turn out.
3. To resemble something else.
4. To proceed to do; to start or continue doing.
5. (of time) To elapse; to pass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfarən/

Noun

faren (genitive varewes)

1. farrows, young pigs

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of fare

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of far

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of fare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːrn̩/

Noun

faren m

1. definite singular of far

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːrn̩/

Participle

faren (neuter fare, definite singular and plural farne)

1. past participle of fara and fare

Participle

faren

1. past participle of fara

Noun

faren c

1. (zoology) zope, blue bream, Abramis ballerus