FromMiddle Englishfor-,vor-,ver-, fromOld Englishfor-,fer-,fær-,fyr-(“far, away, completely”,prefix), from the merger ofProto-Germanic*fra-("away, away from"; seefro,from) andProto-Germanic*fur-,*far-(“through, completely, fully”), fromProto-Indo-European*pro-,*per-,*pr-. Cognate withScotsfor-,West Frisianfer-,for-,Dutchver-,Germanver-,Swedishför-,Danishfor-,Norwegianfor-,Gothic𐍆𐍂𐌰-(fra-),Latinpro-. More atfor.

• (stressed form)IPA^(key): /fɔː(ɹ)/
• (unstressed form)IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)/

for-

2. (no longerproductive)Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'.

   forsteal is to steal away,forloppin is being a runaway,forban is to exile,fordrive is to drive away,fortake is to take away,forthrow is to throw off,forshake is to shake off,forhow is to cast off

4. (no longerproductive)Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting one's self.

   forsing is to sing to exhaustion,forwander is to wander until weary,fortravel is to tire by travelling

6. (no longerproductive)Destructively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain.

   forhang is to hang to death,forthink is to cause distress or regret to,fordo is to kill

8. (no longerproductive)Wrongly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wrongly, amorally.

   forteach is to misteach,forswear is to commit perjury,forworship is to worship wrongly,forlead is to mislead,forlive is to live pervertedly

10. (no longerproductive)Neglectfully: prefixed to verbs with the sense of abstaining from or neglecting.

    forslip is to allow someone or something to escape by letting them slip by;forslug is to lose, neglect, or destroy by sluggishness;forslack is to lose or spoil by slackness

12. (no longerproductive)Very: intensifying adjectives.

    forblack is extremely black,forswollen is excessively swollen

14. (no longerproductive)Making: prefixed to verbs to indicate the subject takes the character of the verb.

    fordote is to make foolish or doting,forguilt is to bring into a state of guilt

16. (no longerproductive)Excessively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of doing so in excessive or overwhelm.

    forwax is to grow to excess,forgrow is to grow to excess,forhare is to affright or harry exceedingly

18. (no longerproductive)Excluding: prefixed to verbs to give the sense of prohibition or exclusion.

    forjudge is to exclude by a judgment,forshut is to shut off or out,forbar is to exclude

20. (no longerproductive)Intensively

    forbeat is to beat,fordread is to be in dread of,forlay is to lie in wait for

22. (no longerproductive)Thoroughly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of thoroughly, all over.

    forgrow is to become grown over or become covered with growth,forbathe is to bathe abundantly or thoroughly,forseek is to seek thoroughly,forwrap is to wrap up

“for-”, inOED Online⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

FromOld Englishfor-, which is identical with the preposition "for". In "Old English and Middle English it occurs frequently as a variant offore- 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."^[1]

for-

2. Alternative form offore-.

   forstand is to stand in front of so as to bar the way,fordede is a deed done for another,forlead is alternative form of forelead (“lead forward, lead before”)

"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."^[2]

• fore-

for-

2. (rare) Outside, out.

   foreclose is to shut out,forprise is an exception or reservation,^[2]forfeit is that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed

• fore-

• 'fro,ORF,fro,orf

FromOld Norsefor-, fromProto-Germanic*fra-.

for-

1. Makes verbs from adjectives meaning "to cause to be [adjective]".

   ‎for- + ‎skøn(“beautiful”) + ‎-e(infinitive suffix) → ‎forskønne(“beautify”)

   ‎for- + ‎sød(“sweet”) + ‎-e → ‎forsøde(“sweeten”)

   ‎for- + ‎uren(“unclean”) + ‎-e → ‎forurene(“pollute”)

2. Denotes initial or preparatory action;pre-.

   ‎for- + ‎bore(“drill”) → ‎forbore(“drill a hole for screwing”)

   ‎for- + ‎arbejde(“work”) → ‎forarbejde(“preparatory work”)

This element appears in a great number of adapted loanwords from German, Low German and Dutch, to renderver- orvor-, such as infordærve(“to decay, to rot”). In these cases, it may represent senses that are no longer, or never were, productive in Danish.

• “for-” inDen Danske Ordbog

Seefor.

• IPA^(key): /for/
• Rhymes:-or
• Hyphenation: for

for-

1. Movement to a distance.

   ‎for- + ‎pafi(“to shoot”) → ‎forpafi(“to frighten off”)

   ‎for- + ‎veturi(“to drive”) → ‎forveturi(“to drive away”)

2. Disappearance orannihilation.

   ‎for- + ‎akrigi(“to sharpen”) → ‎forakrigi(“to file down”)

   ‎for- + ‎leki(“to lick”) → ‎forleki(“to lick off”)

• four-,fre-

Inherited fromMiddle French[Term?], fromOld Frenchfor-, partially fromLate Latinforīs, taken as an adaptation of the adverbforīs(“outdoors, outside”) and used to calque Frankish words prefixed by*fur-(“for-”) (compareLate Latinforisfaciō(“to do wrong”) =Old High Germanfirwirken(“to do wrong”),forisfactus(“evil deed”) =Gothic𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃(frawaurhts,“evil deed”),foriscoⁿsilio(“to mislead”) =Old High Germanfirleitan(“to mislead”), etc.), and partially continuing fromProto-Germanic*fur-,*fer-,*fra-(“away, from, off”), fromProto-Indo-European*pro-,*per-,*pr-. Seefor-. Related toFrenchfors(“except”),Frenchhors(“outside”).

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ/

for-

1. (nonproductive)prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy

FromOld Norsefor-, fromProto-Germanic*fra-.

for-

1. previous,before,first,pre-

   Synonym:fyrir-

   ‎for- + ‎síða(“page”) → ‎forsíða(“front page”)

2. (emphatic)extremely
3. negativemeaning

• ur-

FromProto-Celtic*uɸor-.

for-

1. over,superior,super-
2. outer,external
3. great,extreme

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “for-”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN

• far-,fer-,vor-,ver-

FromOld Englishfor-, fromProto-West Germanic*fra-, fromProto-Germanic*fra-, fromProto-Indo-European*pro-.

The Old English prefix was reinforced byProto-West Germanic*furi-, fromProto-Germanic*furi-; In Middle English, this prefix is further reinforced byOld Frenchfor-, fromLatinforis.

• IPA^(key): /fɔr-/

for-

1. Forms verbs meaning "far", "out" or with an intensive sense;for-.
2. Forms verbs denoting a failure or error;for-.
3. (no longerproductive)Forms nouns with varying sense.

• English:for-
• Scots:for-

• “for-,pref.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
• “for-,pref.(2).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

for-

1. previous,before,first,pre-

   ‎for- + ‎side(“page”) → ‎forside(“front page”)

2. (emphatic)extremely
3. negativemeaning

• (before):fore-

• far-,fer-,fær-,fier-

FromProto-West Germanic*fra-.

• IPA^(key): /for/

for-

1. wrongly,awayfrom,astray,abstention,prohibition,perversion,destruction(verbal prefix)

   forwyrċan ―to do wrong, sin

   forstandan ―to defend, protect, stand for

   forweorpan ―to throw away, cast away, reject

   forstelan ―to steal away, deprive

   fordēman ―to condemn

   forlǣdan ―to mislead; seduce

2. used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully; compare Modern English use ofup

   forblāwan ―to blow up, inflate

   forbrecan ―to break up, break into pieces

   forstoppian ―to stop up, block, occlude

   forweoren ―decayed, decrepit

3. very

   forlȳtel ―very little

   foreald ―very old

• This prefix was almost always unstressed, in both nouns and verbs.

• Middle English:for-,far-,fer-,vor-,ver-
  • English:for-
  • Scots:for-

FromProto-Celtic*uɸor-. Prefix form offor.

for-

1. over-

for-

1. Alternative form offar-

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