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. === Anagrams === Freon, freon, orfen == Danish == === Etymology === Either revived or borrowed from Old Norse forn or Swedish forn respectively. from Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *perǝm-, *perǝ- (“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”). A inherited version from Old Danish forn (“old, weak”) went out of use, and was replaced by the more commonly used adjective gammel. === Adjective === forne (dated) ancient Synonyms: fordum, gamle, tidligere === References === “forne” in Den Danske Ordbog == Latin == === Noun === forne vocative singular of fornus == Swedish == === Adjective === forne definite natural masculine singular of forn === Anagrams === eforn, fenor