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Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /for/
Etymology 1
Preposition
fór
- (with dative) for (benefactive)
- (with accusative) in favour of
- (with dative) by the standards of
- (with accusative) before (spatial and temporal), in front of
- (with dative) because of
- (with dative) on behalf of
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *furhō.
Noun
⁰ fór n.f. zero-stem
- fir tree
Declension
declension of fór (f-0h declension) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fór | fóra | fórs | fóros |
genitive | fórs | fóros | fóra | fórsa |
dative | fóre | fórse | fórą | fórę |
Etymology 3
From Latin furnus.
Noun
² fór n.m. hard stem
- oven
- furnace
- firebox (of a steam locomotive)
Declension
declension of fór (mh declension) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fór | fóran | fórs | fóras |
genitive | fúrs | fúres | fúre | fúrse |
dative | fór | fórum | fórą | fórę |
Synonyms
- ón ("oven")
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk for, from Old Skundavisk for, from Halmisk ᚠᛟᚱ (for), ᚠᛟᚱᛁ (fori), from Proto-Germanic *furi.
Pronunciation
Preposition
for
- for
- Ik kynde jetwære hwat for thig doon.
- I could do anything for you.
- Ik kynde jetwære hwat for thig doon.
- in favour of
- Si weren for hise befrijing.
- They were in favour of his liberation.
- Si weren for hise befrijing.