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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk for-, from Old Skundavisk for-, from Halmisk ᚠᛟᚱ- (for-), ᚠᚱᚨ- (fra-), from Proto-Germanic *fra-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɸɔ/

Prefix

for-

1. (no longer productive) for- (used to form verbs from verbs with an original meaning of 'away from' or 'out')

   geten > forgeten

   get > forget

2. (no longer productive) used to form causal transitive verbs from intransitive verbs

   spreeden > forspreeden

   spread (intr.) > spread (tr.)