afaran

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀfaran. Equivalent to ā- +‎ faran. Cognate with Old High German irfaran (whence German erfahren and Dutch ervaren).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈfɑ.rɑn/

Verb

āfaran

1. to depart, march, go out of or from a place; fare from
2. to lead out, remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of āfaran (strong, class VI)

infinitive	āfaran	āfarenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āfare	āfōr
second person singular	āfærest, āfærst	āfōre
third person singular	āfæreþ, āfærþ	āfōr
plural	āfaraþ	āfōron
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āfare	āfōre
plural	āfaren	āfōren
imperative
singular	āfar
plural	āfaraþ
participle	present	past
	āfarende	āfæren, āfaren

Descendants

• Middle English: afaren
  • English: afare

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “afaran”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.