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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English forċeorfan. Equivalent to for- + kerven.
Pronunciation
Verb
forkerven
- To divide, separate, cleave (in two pieces)
- (rare, medicine) To make soft, to disintegrate
- (rare) To eat at, corrode
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) forkerven, forkerve
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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forkerve
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forcarf
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| 2nd-person singular
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forkervest
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forcurve, forcorve, forcarf
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| 3rd-person singular
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forkerveth
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forcarf
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| subjunctive singular
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forkerve
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forcurve1, forcorve1
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| imperative singular
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—
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| plural2
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forkerven, forkerve
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forcurven, forcurve, forcorven, forcorve
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| imperative plural
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forkerveth, forkerve
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—
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| participles
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forkervynge, forkervende
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forcorven, forcorve
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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