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role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology_1"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology 1</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Prefix"><span class="tocnumber">1.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-5"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.1.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">1.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Etymology_2"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology 2</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Prefix_2"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Etymology_3"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology 3</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Alternative_forms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#Prefix_3"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#References_2"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Anagrams"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Anagrams</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Danish"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Danish</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Prefix_4"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href="#Usage_notes"><span class="tocnumber">2.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Usage notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href="#Derived_terms_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Esperanto"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Esperanto</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Etymology_4"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Pronunciation_2"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Prefix_5"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-25"><a href="#Derived_terms_3"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#French"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">French</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Alternative_forms_2"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Etymology_5"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#Pronunciation_3"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Prefix_6"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-31"><a href="#Related_terms"><span class="tocnumber">4.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#Icelandic"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Icelandic</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Etymology_6"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Prefix_7"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-35"><a href="#Synonyms"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Synonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-36"><a href="#Derived_terms_4"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-37"><a href="#Irish"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Irish</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38"><a href="#Alternative_forms_3"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39"><a href="#Etymology_7"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#Prefix_8"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-41"><a href="#Derived_terms_5"><span class="tocnumber">6.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#Mutation"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">Mutation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-43"><a href="#Further_reading_2"><span class="tocnumber">6.5</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-44"><a href="#Middle_English"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Middle English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-45"><a href="#Alternative_forms_4"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-46"><a href="#Etymology_8"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-47"><a href="#Pronunciation_4"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-48"><a href="#Prefix_9"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-49"><a href="#Derived_terms_6"><span class="tocnumber">7.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-50"><a href="#Descendants"><span class="tocnumber">7.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Descendants</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-51"><a href="#References_3"><span class="tocnumber">7.4.3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-52"><a href="#Norwegian_Bokmål"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Norwegian Bokmål</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-53"><a href="#Prefix_10"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-54"><a href="#Synonyms_2"><span class="tocnumber">8.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Synonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-55"><a href="#Derived_terms_7"><span class="tocnumber">8.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-56"><a href="#Old_English"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Old English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-57"><a href="#Alternative_forms_5"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-58"><a href="#Etymology_9"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-59"><a href="#Pronunciation_5"><span class="tocnumber">9.3</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-60"><a href="#Prefix_11"><span class="tocnumber">9.4</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-61"><a href="#Usage_notes_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Usage notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-62"><a href="#Derived_terms_8"><span class="tocnumber">9.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-63"><a href="#Descendants_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Descendants</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-64"><a href="#Old_Irish"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Old Irish</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-65"><a href="#Etymology_10"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-66"><a href="#Prefix_12"><span class="tocnumber">10.2</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-67"><a href="#Derived_terms_9"><span class="tocnumber">10.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-68"><a href="#Old_Saxon"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Old Saxon</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-69"><a href="#Prefix_13"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Prefix</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">for-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/vor-#Middle_English" title="vor-">vor-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/ver-#Middle_English" title="ver-">ver-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_English">for-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/fer-#Old_English" title="fer-">fer-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=f%C3%A6r-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fær- (page does not exist)">fær-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/fyr-#Old_English" title="fyr-">fyr-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">far, away, completely</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span>, <span class="ann-pos">prefix</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from the merger of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-">*fra-</a></i> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">"away, away from"; see <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fro#English" title="fro">fro</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/from#English" title="from">from</a></span></span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fur-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fur- (page does not exist)">*fur-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/far-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/far- (page does not exist)">*far-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">through, completely, fully</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pro-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pro-">*pro-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-">*per-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pr-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pr- (page does not exist)">*pr-</a></i>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language" class="extiw" title="w:Scots language">Scots</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Scots">for-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:West Frisian language">West Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy"><a href="/wiki/fer-#West_Frisian" title="fer-">fer-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#West_Frisian">for-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ver-#Dutch" title="ver-">ver-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ver-#German" title="ver-">ver-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Swedish language">Swedish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B6r-#Swedish" title="för-">för-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">for-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Norwegian language">Norwegian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="no"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Norwegian">for-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Gothic language">Gothic</a></span> <i class="Goth mention" lang="got"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8D%86%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B0-#Gothic" title="𐍆𐍂𐌰-">𐍆𐍂𐌰-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="got-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn"><a href="/wiki/fra-#Gothic" title="fra-">fra-</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/pro-#Latin" title="pro-">pro-</a></i>. More at <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/for#English" title="for">for</a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English#Weak_and_strong_forms_of_function_words" class="extiw" title="w:Stress and vowel reduction in English">stressed form</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fɔː(ɹ)/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English#Weak_and_strong_forms_of_function_words" class="extiw" title="w:Stress and vowel reduction in English">unstressed form</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fə(ɹ)/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Prefix">Prefix</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_forth"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/forth" title="forth">Forth</a>: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forsteal#English" title="forsteal"><b>for</b>steal</a></i></span> is to steal away, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forloppin#English" title="forloppin"><b>for</b>loppin</a></i></span> is being a runaway, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forban#English" title="forban"><b>for</b>ban</a></i></span> is to exile, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordrive#English" title="fordrive"><b>for</b>drive</a></i></span> is to drive away, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fortake#English" title="fortake"><b>for</b>take</a></i></span> is to take away, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forthrow#English" title="forthrow"><b>for</b>throw</a></i></span> is to throw off, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forshake#English" title="forshake"><b>for</b>shake</a></i></span> is to shake off, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhow#English" title="forhow"><b>for</b>how</a></i></span> is to cast off</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_exhausting"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/exhausting" title="exhausting">Exhausting</a>: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting one's self. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forsing#English" title="forsing"><b>for</b>sing</a></i></span> is to sing to exhaustion, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwander#English" title="forwander"><b>for</b>wander</a></i></span> is to wander until weary, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fortravel#English" title="fortravel"><b>for</b>travel</a></i></span> is to tire by travelling</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_destructively"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/destructively" title="destructively">Destructively</a>: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhang#English" title="forhang"><b>for</b>hang</a></i></span> is to hang to death, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forthink#English" title="forthink"><b>for</b>think</a></i></span> is to cause distress or regret to, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordo#English" title="fordo"><b>for</b>do</a></i></span> is to kill</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_wrongly"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/wrongly" title="wrongly">Wrongly</a>: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wrongly, amorally. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forteach#English" title="forteach"><b>for</b>teach</a></i></span> is to misteach, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forswear#English" title="forswear"><b>for</b>swear</a></i></span> is to commit perjury, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forworship#English" title="forworship"><b>for</b>worship</a></i></span> is to worship wrongly, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlead#English" title="forlead"><b>for</b>lead</a></i></span> is to mislead, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlive#English" title="forlive"><b>for</b>live</a></i></span> is to live pervertedly</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_neglectfully"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/neglectfully" title="neglectfully">Neglectfully</a>: prefixed to verbs with the sense of abstaining from or neglecting. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forslip#English" title="forslip"><b>for</b>slip</a></i></span> is to allow someone or something to escape by letting them slip by; <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forslug#English" title="forslug"><b>for</b>slug</a></i></span> is to lose, neglect, or destroy by sluggishness; <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forslack#English" title="forslack"><b>for</b>slack</a></i></span> is to lose or spoil by slackness</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_very"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/very" title="very">Very</a>: intensifying adjectives. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forblack#English" title="forblack"><b>for</b>black</a></i></span> is extremely black, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forswollen#English" title="forswollen"><b>for</b>swollen</a></i></span> is excessively swollen</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_making"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/making" title="making">Making</a>: prefixed to verbs to indicate the subject takes the character of the verb. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordote#English" title="fordote"><b>for</b>dote</a></i></span> is to make foolish or doting, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forguilt#English" title="forguilt"><b>for</b>guilt</a></i></span> is to bring into a state of guilt</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_excessively"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/excessively" title="excessively">Excessively</a>: prefixed to verbs with the sense of doing so in excessive or overwhelm. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwax#English" title="forwax"><b>for</b>wax</a></i></span> is to grow to excess, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgrow#English" title="forgrow"><b>for</b>grow</a></i></span> is to grow to excess, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhare#English" title="forhare"><b>for</b>hare</a></i></span> is to affright or harry exceedingly</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_excluding"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/excluding" title="excluding">Excluding</a>: prefixed to verbs to give the sense of prohibition or exclusion. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forjudge#English" title="forjudge"><b>for</b>judge</a></i></span> is to exclude by a judgment, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forshut#English" title="forshut"><b>for</b>shut</a></i></span> is to shut off or out, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbar#English" title="forbar"><b>for</b>bar</a></i></span> is to exclude</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_intensively"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/intensively" title="intensively">Intensively</a> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbeat#English" title="forbeat"><b>for</b>beat</a></i></span> is to beat, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordread#English" title="fordread"><b>for</b>dread</a></i></span> is to be in dread of, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlay#English" title="forlay"><b>for</b>lay</a></i></span> is to lie in wait for</dd></dl></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_thoroughly"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/thoroughly" title="thoroughly">Thoroughly</a>: prefixed to verbs with the sense of thoroughly, all over. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgrow#English" title="forgrow"><b>for</b>grow</a></i></span> is to become grown over or become covered with growth, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbathe#English" title="forbathe"><b>for</b>bathe</a></i></span> is to bathe abundantly or thoroughly, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forseek#English" title="forseek"><b>for</b>seek</a></i></span> is to seek thoroughly, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwrap#English" title="forwrap"><b>for</b>wrap</a></i></span> is to wrap up</dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":10,"hideprefix":20,"showcount":false,"namespaces":[0],"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="English_terms_prefixed_with_for-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_prefixed_with_for-" title="Category:English terms prefixed with for-">English terms prefixed with for-</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from forth</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forsteal#English" title="forsteal">forsteal</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forloppin#English" title="forloppin">forloppin</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forban#English" title="forban">forban</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordrive#English" title="fordrive">fordrive</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fortake#English" title="fortake">fortake</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forthrow#English" title="forthrow">forthrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forshake#English" title="forshake">forshake</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhow#English" title="forhow">forhow</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forcasten#English" title="forcasten">forcasten</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forcast#English" title="forcast">forcast</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formelt#English" title="formelt">formelt</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forpine#English" title="forpine">forpine</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwear#English" title="forwear">forwear</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forpine#English" title="forpine">forpine</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordo#English" title="fordo">fordo</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbear#English" title="forbear">forbear</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgo#English" title="forgo">forgo</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordrive#English" title="fordrive">fordrive</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgather#English" title="forgather">forgather</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgive#English" title="forgive">forgive</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbeat#English" title="forbeat">forbeat</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbeat#English" title="forbeat">forbeat</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from exhausting</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forsing#English" title="forsing">forsing</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwander#English" title="forwander">forwander</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fortravel#English" title="fortravel">fortravel</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forswonk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forswonk (page does not exist)">forswonk</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forswunk#English" title="forswunk">forswunk</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordone#English" title="fordone">fordone</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbleed#English" title="forbleed">forbleed</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forswink#English" title="forswink">forswink</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fortravel#English" title="fortravel">fortravel</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwake#English" title="forwake">forwake</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forweary#English" title="forweary">forweary</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forweep#English" title="forweep">forweep</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forfight#English" title="forfight">forfight</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forirk#English" title="forirk">forirk</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwander#English" title="forwander">forwander</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordo#English" title="fordo">fordo</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwork#English" title="forwork">forwork</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from wrongly</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forteach#English" title="forteach">forteach</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forswear#English" title="forswear">forswear</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forworship#English" title="forworship">forworship</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlead#English" title="forlead">forlead</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlive#English" title="forlive">forlive</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwork#English" title="forwork">forwork</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbid#English" title="forbid">forbid</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbode#English" title="forbode">forbode</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forswearer#English" title="forswearer">forswearer</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwork#English" title="forwork">forwork</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlive#English" title="forlive">forlive</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fortake#English" title="fortake">fortake</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwork#English" title="forwork">forwork</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from destructively</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhang#English" title="forhang">forhang</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forthink#English" title="forthink">forthink</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordo#English" title="fordo">fordo</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwall#English" title="forwall">forwall</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwither#English" title="forwither">forwither</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlornness#English" title="forlornness">forlornness</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgab#English" title="forgab">forgab</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forworth#English" title="forworth">forworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forcleave#English" title="forcleave">forcleave</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbreak#English" title="forbreak">forbreak</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foretossed#English" title="foretossed">foretossed</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forseethe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forseethe (page does not exist)">forseethe</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from neglectfully</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forslip#English" title="forslip">forslip</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forslug#English" title="forslug">forslug</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forslack#English" title="forslack">forslack</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forsleep#English" title="forsleep">forsleep</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhold#English" title="forhold">forhold</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forget#English" title="forget">forget</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhow#English" title="forhow">forhow</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forslow#English" title="forslow">forslow</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forsake#English" title="forsake">forsake</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from very</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forblack#English" title="forblack">forblack</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forswollen#English" title="forswollen">forswollen</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forold#English" title="forold">forold</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forspent#English" title="forspent">forspent</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forfaint#English" title="forfaint">forfaint</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhungered#English" title="forhungered">forhungered</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forridden#English" title="forridden">forridden</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forweary#English" title="forweary">forweary</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordry#English" title="fordry">fordry</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from making</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordote#English" title="fordote">fordote</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forguilt#English" title="forguilt">forguilt</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forshame#English" title="forshame">forshame</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordrench#English" title="fordrench">fordrench</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordull#English" title="fordull">fordull</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forharden#English" title="forharden">forharden</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forset#English" title="forset">forset</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forshame#English" title="forshame">forshame</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from excessively</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwax#English" title="forwax">forwax</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgrow#English" title="forgrow">forgrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forhare#English" title="forhare">forhare</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwalk#English" title="forwalk">forwalk</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwound#English" title="forwound">forwound</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwaste#English" title="forwaste">forwaste</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from excluding</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forjudge#English" title="forjudge">forjudge</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forshut#English" title="forshut">forshut</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbar#English" title="forbar">forbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbid#English" title="forbid">forbid</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forsay#English" title="forsay">forsay</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from intensively</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordread#English" title="fordread">fordread</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlay#English" title="forlay">forlay</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordread#English" title="fordread">fordread</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forpass#English" title="forpass">forpass</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">terms derived from thoroughly</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forgrow#English" title="forgrow">forgrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forbathe#English" title="forbathe">forbathe</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forseek#English" title="forseek">forseek</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forwrap#English" title="forwrap">forwrap</a></span></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/dictionary/for-_">for-</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, launched 2000.</span></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_English">for-</a></i>, which is identical with the preposition "<i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/for#English" title="for">for</a></i>". In "Old English and Middle English it occurs frequently as a variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fore-#English" title="fore-">fore-</a></i> prefix, with the senses ‘before’, ‘in front’, ‘on behalf of’, etc.; cf. Old English for-, forecuman to come before, Middle English forganger and foreganger n."<sup id="cite_ref-oed-for2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-for2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Prefix_2">Prefix</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_before"> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fore-#English:_before" title="fore-">fore-</a></i></span></span>. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forstand#English" title="forstand"><b>for</b>stand</a></i></span> is to stand in front of so as to bar the way, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fordede#English" title="fordede"><b>for</b>dede</a></i></span> is a deed done for another, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forlead#English" title="forlead"><b>for</b>lead</a></i></span> is alternative form of forelead (“lead forward, lead before”)</dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Occurring only in words adopted from French, as forcatch v., forfeit n., forprise n., represents Old French for-, fors-, identical with fors adv. (modern French hors) outside, out."<sup id="cite_ref-oed-for3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-for3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fore-#English:_out" title="fore-">fore-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Prefix_3">Prefix</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_out"> <span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Outside, out. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/foreclose#English" title="foreclose"><b>fore</b>close</a></i></span> is to shut out, <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forcatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forcatch (page does not exist)"><b>for</b>prise</a></i></span> is an exception or reservation,<sup id="cite_ref-oed-for3_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-for3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forfeit#English" title="forfeit"><b>for</b>feit</a></i></span> is that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed</dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References_2">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-oed-for2-1"><a href="#cite_ref-oed-for2_1-0"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “for- (prefix2),” March 2024, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1183476270">https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1183476270</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-oed-for3-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-oed-for3_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-oed-for3_2-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “for- (prefix3),” September 2023, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/8923913950">https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/8923913950</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fore-#English" title="fore-">fore-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%27fro#English" title="'fro">'fro</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ORF#English" title="ORF">ORF</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fro#English" title="fro">fro</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/orf#English" title="orf">orf</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish">Danish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Danish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Norse">for-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-">*fra-</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_4">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="da">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Makes verbs from adjectives meaning "to cause to be [adjective]".</span></span> <dl><dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/sk%C3%B8n#Danish" title="skøn">skøn</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">beautiful</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/-e#Danish" title="-e">-e</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">infinitive suffix</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forsk%C3%B8nne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forskønne (page does not exist)">forskønne</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">beautify</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/s%C3%B8d#Danish" title="sød">sød</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">sweet</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/-e#Danish" title="-e">-e</a></i> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/fors%C3%B8de#Danish" title="forsøde">forsøde</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">sweeten</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/uren#Danish" title="uren">uren</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">unclean</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/-e#Danish" title="-e">-e</a></i> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/forurene#Danish" title="forurene">forurene</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">pollute</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Denotes initial or preparatory action; <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pre-#English" title="pre-">pre-</a></i>.</span></span> <dl><dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/bore#Danish" title="bore">bore</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">drill</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/forbore#Danish" title="forbore">forbore</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">drill a hole for screwing</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/arbejde#Danish" title="arbejde">arbejde</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">work</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/forarbejde#Danish" title="forarbejde">forarbejde</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">preparatory work</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This element appears in a great number of adapted loanwords from German, Low German and Dutch, to render <i>ver-</i> or <i>vor-</i>, such as in <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ford%C3%A6rve&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fordærve (page does not exist)">fordærve</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to decay, to rot</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. In these cases, it may represent senses that are no longer, or never were, productive in Danish. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":10,"hideprefix":20,"showcount":false,"namespaces":[0],"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="Danish_terms_prefixed_with_for-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_terms_prefixed_with_for-" title="Category:Danish terms prefixed with for-">Danish terms prefixed with for-</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=for-">for-</a>” in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/da:Den_Danske_Ordbog" class="extiw" title="w:da:Den Danske Ordbog">Den Danske Ordbog</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Esperanto">Esperanto</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Esperanto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See <i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/for#Esperanto" title="for">for</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Esperanto pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[for]</span></li><li>Hyphenation: for </li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_5">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="eo">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/movement" title="movement">Movement</a> to a distance. <dl><dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/pafi#Esperanto" title="pafi">pafi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to shoot</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forpafi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forpafi (page does not exist)">forpafi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to frighten off</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/veturi#Esperanto" title="veturi">veturi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to drive</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/forveturi#Esperanto" title="forveturi">forveturi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to drive away</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/disappearance" title="disappearance">Disappearance</a> or <a href="/wiki/annihilation" title="annihilation">annihilation</a>. <dl><dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/akrigi#Esperanto" title="akrigi">akrigi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to sharpen</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forakrigi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forakrigi (page does not exist)">forakrigi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to file down</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/leki#Esperanto" title="leki">leki</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to lick</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forleki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forleki (page does not exist)">forleki</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to lick off</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":10,"hideprefix":20,"showcount":false,"namespaces":[0],"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="Esperanto_terms_prefixed_with_for-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:Esperanto_terms_prefixed_with_for-" title="Category:Esperanto terms prefixed with for-">Esperanto terms prefixed with for-</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=four-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="four- (page does not exist)">four-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fre-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fre- (page does not exist)">fre-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French" class="extiw" title="w:Middle French">Middle French</a></span> <small>[Term?]</small>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">for-</a></i>, partially from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Late Latin">Late Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/foris#Latin" title="foris">forīs</a></i>, taken as an adaptation of the adverb <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/foris#Latin" title="foris">forīs</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">outdoors, outside</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and used to calque Frankish words prefixed by <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/fur-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fur- (page does not exist)">*fur-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">for-</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Late Latin">Late Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/foris#Latin" title="foris">foris</a> <a href="/wiki/facio#Latin" title="facio">faciō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to do wrong</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> = <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German" class="extiw" title="w:Old High German">Old High German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="goh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=firwirken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="firwirken (page does not exist)">firwirken</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to do wrong</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forisfactus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forisfactus (page does not exist)">forisfactus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">evil deed</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> = <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Gothic language">Gothic</a></span> <i class="Goth mention" lang="got"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8D%86%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8D%85%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B7%F0%90%8D%84%F0%90%8D%83#Gothic" title="𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃">𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="got-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn"><a href="/wiki/frawaurhts#Gothic" title="frawaurhts">frawaurhts</a></span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">evil deed</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/foris#Latin" title="foris">foris</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=co%E2%81%BFsilio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="coⁿsilio (page does not exist)">coⁿsilio</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to mislead</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> = <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German" class="extiw" title="w:Old High German">Old High German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="goh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=firleitan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="firleitan (page does not exist)">firleitan</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to mislead</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, etc.), and partially continuing from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fur-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fur- (page does not exist)">*fur-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fer-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fer- (page does not exist)">*fer-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-">*fra-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">away, from, off</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pro-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pro-">*pro-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-">*per-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pr-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pr- (page does not exist)">*pr-</a></i>. See <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">for-</a></span>. Related to <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/fors#French" title="fors">fors</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">except</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/hors#French" title="hors">hors</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">outside</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fɔʁ/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_6">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">nonproductive</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy</span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/forban#French" title="forban">forban</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/forcen%C3%A9#French" title="forcené">forcené</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/forclore#French" title="forclore">forclore</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/forclusion#French" title="forclusion">forclusion</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/forfaire#French" title="forfaire">forfaire</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/forfait#French" title="forfait">forfait</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forjeter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forjeter (page does not exist)">forjeter</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formariage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formariage (page does not exist)">formariage</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formarier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formarier (page does not exist)">formarier</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/fourbu#French" title="fourbu">fourbu</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fourvoiement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fourvoiement (page does not exist)">fourvoiement</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/fourvoyer#French" title="fourvoyer">fourvoyer</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Icelandic">Icelandic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Icelandic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_6">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Norse">for-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-">*fra-</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_7">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="is">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/previous" title="previous">previous</a>, <a href="/wiki/before" title="before">before</a>, <a href="/wiki/first" title="first">first</a>, <a href="/wiki/pre-" title="pre-">pre-</a> <dl><dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="is">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/s%C3%AD%C3%B0a#Icelandic" title="síða">síða</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">page</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/fors%C3%AD%C3%B0a#Icelandic" title="forsíða">forsíða</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">front page</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#emphatic" title="Appendix:Glossary">emphatic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/extremely" title="extremely">extremely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/negative" title="negative">negative</a> <a href="/wiki/meaning" title="meaning">meaning</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">before</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fyrir-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fyrir- (page does not exist)">fyrir-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_4">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":10,"hideprefix":20,"showcount":false,"namespaces":[0],"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="Icelandic_terms_prefixed_with_for-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:Icelandic_terms_prefixed_with_for-" title="Category:Icelandic terms prefixed with for-">Icelandic terms prefixed with for-</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="term-list-header">Terms derived from <i>for-</i> meaning “before”</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/forma%C3%B0ur#Icelandic" title="formaður">formaður</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forsj%C3%A1ll&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forsjáll (page does not exist)">forsjáll</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/forstj%C3%B3ri#Icelandic" title="forstjóri">forstjóri</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="term-list-header">Terms derived from <i>for-</i> used emphatically</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fordj%C3%BApur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fordjúpur (page does not exist)">fordjúpur</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forlj%C3%B3tur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forljótur (page does not exist)">forljótur</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="term-list-header">Terms derived from <i>for-</i> used to imbue a negative meaning</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forbj%C3%B3%C3%B0a&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forbjóða (page does not exist)">forbjóða</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forb%C3%A6nir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forbænir (page does not exist)">forbænir</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Irish">Irish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Irish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_3">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/ur-#Irish" title="ur-">ur-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_7">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Celtic language">Proto-Celtic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="cel-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/u%C9%B8or-" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸor-">*uɸor-</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_8">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ga">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/over" title="over">over</a>, <a href="/wiki/superior" title="superior">superior</a>, <a href="/wiki/super-" title="super-">super-</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/outer" title="outer">outer</a>, <a href="/wiki/external" title="external">external</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/great" title="great">great</a>, <a href="/wiki/extreme" title="extreme">extreme</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_5">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" 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.inflection-table-indigo th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-indigo-4)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-purple.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-purple-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-purple th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-purple-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-purple th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-purple-4)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-magenta.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-magenta-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-magenta th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-magenta-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-magenta th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-magenta-4)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-rose.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-rose-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-rose th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-rose-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-rose th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-rose-4)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-grey.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-grey th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-grey th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-4)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}</style> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Irish_mutations" title="Appendix:Irish mutations">Mutated forms</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">for-</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>radical </th> <th>lenition </th> <th>eclipsis </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><strong class="selflink">for-</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fhor-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fhor- (page does not exist)">fhor-</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bhfor-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bhfor- (page does not exist)">bhfor-</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="font-size:85%;"><i>Note:</i> Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.<br />All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.</p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_%C3%93_D%C3%B3naill" class="extiw" title="w:Niall Ó Dónaill">Ó Dónaill, Niall</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">1977</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/for-">for-</a>”, in <cite>Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla</cite>, Dublin: An Gúm, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781857910384" title="Special:BookSources/9781857910384">→ISBN</a></small></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_4">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/far-#Middle_English" title="far-">far-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/fer-#Middle_English" title="fer-">fer-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/vor-#Middle_English" title="vor-">vor-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_8">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_English">for-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/fra-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fra-">*fra-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fra-">*fra-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pro-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pro-">*pro-</a></i>. </p><p>The Old English prefix was reinforced by <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/furi-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furi-">*furi-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furi-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/furi-">*furi-</a></i>; In Middle English, this prefix is further reinforced by <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">for-</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/foris#Latin" title="foris">foris</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Middle_English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Middle English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fɔr-/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_9">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Forms verbs meaning "far", "out" or with an intensive sense</span></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">for-</a></span>.</li> <li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Forms verbs denoting a failure or error</span></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">for-</a></span>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">no longer <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#productive" title="Appendix:Glossary">productive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">Forms nouns with varying sense</span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_6">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":10,"hideprefix":20,"showcount":false,"namespaces":[0],"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="Middle_English_terms_prefixed_with_for-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:Middle_English_terms_prefixed_with_for-" title="Category:Middle English terms prefixed with for-">Middle English terms prefixed with for-</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">for-</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Scots: <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Scots">for-</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References_3">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED16647">for-, <i>pref.(1).</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span></span></span>.</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED16648">for-, <i>pref.(2).</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span></span></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Bokmål"><span id="Norwegian_Bokm.C3.A5l"></span>Norwegian Bokmål</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Norwegian Bokmål"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_10">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/previous" title="previous">previous</a>, <a href="/wiki/before" title="before">before</a>, <a href="/wiki/first" title="first">first</a>, <a href="/wiki/pre-" title="pre-">pre-</a> <dl><dd><span class="affixusex">‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">for-</i> + ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/side#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="side">side</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">page</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> → ‎<i class="Latn mention" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/forside#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="forside"><b>for</b>side</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><b>front</b> page</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#emphatic" title="Appendix:Glossary">emphatic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/extremely" title="extremely">extremely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/negative" title="negative">negative</a> <a href="/wiki/meaning" title="meaning">meaning</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">before</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/fore-#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="fore-">fore-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_7">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":10,"hideprefix":20,"showcount":false,"namespaces":[0],"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="Norwegian_Bokmål_terms_prefixed_with_for-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_terms_prefixed_with_for-" title="Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with for-">Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with for-</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="term-list-header">Terms derived from <i>for-</i> meaning “before”</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/formann#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="formann">formann</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/forskjell#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="forskjell">forskjell</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/forstyrre#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="forstyrre">forstyrre</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="term-list-header">Terms derived from <i>for-</i> used emphatically</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/fordype#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="fordype">fordype</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="term-list-header">Terms derived from <i>for-</i> used to imbue a negative meaning</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/forbanne#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="forbanne">forbanne</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/forby#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="forby">forby</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_English">Old English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Old English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_5">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/fer-#Old_English" title="fer-">fer-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=f%C3%A6r-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fær- (page does not exist)">fær-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/fier-#Old_English" title="fier-">fier-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_9">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/fra-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fra-">*fra-</a></i>. </p> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">Cognates</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Frisian" class="extiw" title="w:Old Frisian">Old Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ofs"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Frisian">for-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxon" class="extiw" title="w:Old Saxon">Old Saxon</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="osx"><a href="/wiki/far-#Old_Saxon" title="far-">far-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="osx"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Saxon">for-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/ver-#Dutch" title="ver-">ver-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German" class="extiw" title="w:Old High German">Old High German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="goh"><a href="/wiki/fir-#Old_High_German" title="fir-">fir-</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="goh"><a href="/wiki/far-#Old_High_German" title="far-">far-</a></i> (<span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ver-#German" title="ver-">ver-</a></i>), and, outside Germanic, with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF#Ancient_Greek" title="περί">περί</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">perí</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/per-#Latin" title="per-">per-</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Church_Slavonic" class="extiw" title="w:Old Church Slavonic">Old Church Slavonic</a></span> <i class="Cyrs mention" lang="cu"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5-#Old_Church_Slavonic" title="пре-">пре-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cu-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">pre-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (<span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Russian language">Russian</a></span> <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5-#Russian" title="пере-">пе́ре-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">pére-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>). </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Old_English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Old English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/for/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_11">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ang">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/wrongly" title="wrongly">wrongly</a>, <a href="/wiki/away" title="away">away</a> <a href="/wiki/from" title="from">from</a>, <a href="/wiki/astray" title="astray">astray</a>, <a href="/wiki/abstention" title="abstention">abstention</a>, <a href="/wiki/prohibition" title="prohibition">prohibition</a>, <a href="/wiki/perversion" title="perversion">perversion</a>, <a href="/wiki/destruction" title="destruction">destruction</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">verbal prefix</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forwyrcan#Old_English" title="forwyrcan">forwyrcan</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to do wrong, sin</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forstandan#Old_English" title="forstandan">forstandan</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to defend, protect, stand for</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forweorpan#Old_English" title="forweorpan">forweorpan</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to throw away, cast away, reject</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forstelan#Old_English" title="forstelan">forstelan</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to steal away, deprive</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/fordeman#Old_English" title="fordeman">fordēman</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to condemn</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forl%C3%A6dan#Old_English" title="forlædan">forlǣdan</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to mislead; seduce</span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention"><span class="Latn" lang="en">used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully; compare Modern English use of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/up#English" title="up">up</a></i></span></span> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forblawan#Old_English" title="forblawan">forblāwan</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to blow up, inflate</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forbrecan#Old_English" title="forbrecan">forbrecan</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to break up, break into pieces</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forstoppian#Old_English" title="forstoppian">forstoppian</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">to stop up, block, occlude</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/forworen#Old_English" title="forworen">forworen</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">decayed, decrepit</span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/very" title="very">very</a> <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ang"><a href="/w/index.php?title=forlytel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="forlytel (page does not exist)">forlȳtel</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">very little</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes_2">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>This prefix was almost always unstressed, in both nouns and verbs.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_8">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":10,"hideprefix":20,"showcount":false,"namespaces":[0],"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="Old_English_terms_prefixed_with_for-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:Old_English_terms_prefixed_with_for-" title="Category:Old English terms prefixed with for-">Old English terms prefixed with for-</a></bdi></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">for-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/far-#Middle_English" title="far-">far-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/fer-#Middle_English" title="fer-">fer-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/vor-#Middle_English" title="vor-">vor-</a></span><ul><li>English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">for-</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Scots: <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Scots">for-</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_Irish">Old Irish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Old Irish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_10">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Celtic language">Proto-Celtic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="cel-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/u%C9%B8or-" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸor-">*uɸor-</a></i>. Prefix form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="sga"><a href="/wiki/for#Old_Irish" title="for">for</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_12">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sga">for-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/over-" title="over-">over-</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_9">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=for-&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" 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