forðum

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse forðum. Cognate with Faroese forðum. === Adverb === forðum formerly, long ago == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === ᚠᚮᚱᚦᚢᛘ (forþum) — Runic form === Etymology === Etymology obscure, but ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furi- (“formerly”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”), whence also Old Norse forn (“old, ancient”), fjǫrð (“past year”). According to Stiles 2013 possibly from Proto-Norse *for þaim > *forþam with regular change of *-am to -um. === Adverb === forðum (not comparable) aforetime, formerly, once, erst verse 47 of the Hávamál of yore, in days of old verse 2 of the Vǫluspá ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: forðum Faroese: forðum Norwegian Bokmål: fordum Norwegian Nynorsk: fordom Old Swedish: forþom, fordhum Swedish: fordom Danish: fordum ==== Further reading ==== Stiles, P. (2013) The Pan-West Germanic Isoglosses and the Sub-Relationships of West Germanic to Other Branches in NOWELE vol. 66.