Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fordone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-done
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of fordo

adj

Exhausted; overcome; worn out.

adj

Utterly ruined; destroyed.

Example Sentences

"After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile."

Etymology

From Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōnaz, past participle of *fradōną (“to fordo; do away with”), equivalent to for- + done. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferdäin, Dutch verdaan, German vertan.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for
Root: fordon, fordōn, *fradōnaz

Inflected Forms

more fordone (comparative) most fordone (superlative)

Questions

What does fordone mean?: simple past and past participle of fordo
Where does fordone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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