fordon

From Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōną; equivalent to for- +‎ don.

fordon (third-person singular simple present fordoth, present participle fordede, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fordone)

1. to kill

• English: fordo

From Proto-Germanic *fradōną (“to do away with”), equivalent to for- +‎ dōn. Cognate with Old Saxon fardōn.

• IPA^(key): /forˈdoːn/

fordōn

1. to kill, destroy, exterminate
   • 1846, Benjamin Thorpe (editor), Þā Hālgan Godspel on Englisc, Matheuses Ġerecednys, 10:21

     Sōðlīċe brōðer sylþ his brōðer tō dēaþe, and fæder his sunu, and bearn arīsaþ onġēn māgas, and tō dēaþe hiġ fordōð.

     Forsooth brother delivers his brother to death, as the father does his son, and children arise against kinsmen and put them to death.

2. to seduce, corrupt, defile

• Middle English: fordon
  • English: fordo

fara (“to travel”) or fora (“a cargo”) +‎ don (“a tool”)

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fordon n

1. a vehicle, a conveyance

   Med spårvagn menas fordon, som löper å skenor i marken.

   The word tramcars denotes vehicles which move over railway tracks in the ground.

• fartyg