forne
English
Etymology
From Middle English, variation of Middle English ferne (“old, long ago, distant, past”), from Old English fyrn (“former, ancient”), from Proto-Germanic *furnaz, *fernaz, *firnijaz (“old, former”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“next, of, out, through”). More at fern.
Adjective
forne (comparative more forne, superlative most forne)
- (obsolete) Former.
- 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)
- The Camel's hous; whiche it is saied that a certain king / In forne yeares, when he had on a Dromedarie Camele escaped the handes of his enemies, builded there.
- 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)
Anagrams
- Freon, freon, orfen
Latin
Noun
forne
- vocative singular of fornus
Swedish
Adjective
forne
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of forn.
Anagrams
- eforn, fenor