fordrive

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- +‎ drive. Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe (“to expel”), Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”). === Verb === fordrive (third-person singular simple present fordrives, present participle fordriving, simple past fordrove, past participle fordriven) (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive away; expel. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray. ==== Related terms ==== drive foredrive === Anagrams === Fervidor == Danish == === Etymology === for- +‎ drive. From Middle Low German vordriven. Compare German vertreiben. === Verb === fordrive (imperative fordriv, present fordriver, past fordrev, past participle fordrevet, c fordreven, definite or plural fordrevne) to expel, banish, drive away to while away, pass the time ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fordrivelse tidsfordriv === References === “fordrive” in Den Danske Ordbog “fordrive” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === for- +‎ drive, from Middle Low German vordriven === Verb === fordrive (imperative fordriv, present tense fordriver, passive fordrives, simple past fordrev or fordreiv, past participle fordrevet, present participle fordrivende) to drive away, drive out, expel, banish, dispel fordrive tiden: to while away / pass the time === References === “fordrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === for- +‎ drive, from Middle Low German vordriven === Verb === fordrive (present tense fordriv, past tense fordreiv, past participle fordrive, passive infinitive fordrivast, present participle fordrivande, imperative fordriv) to drive away, drive out, expel, banish, dispel fordrive tida: to while away / pass the time ==== Alternative forms ==== fordriva === References === “fordrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.