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fordone

verb

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.

  1. inherited from *fradōnaz✻
  2. inherited from fordōn
  3. inherited from fordon

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of fordo

  2. Exhausted

    Exhausted; overcome; worn out.

    • 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.

  3. Utterly ruined

    Utterly ruined; destroyed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fordone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA