forkerven

== Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English forċeorfan. Equivalent to for- +‎ kerven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔrˈkɛrvən/ === Verb === forkerven To divide, separate, cleave (in two pieces) (rare, medicine) To make soft, to disintegrate (rare) To eat at, corrode ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: forcarve ==== References ==== “forkerven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018.