forna

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See also: fórna

Old Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of for (on) +‎ nád (negative relative particle)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

forna

  1. on whom … not, on which … not
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 30c9
      Ní digénam-ni nach ngním forna mmestar-som.
      We will do no work on which he may not pass judgment.

Swedish

Adjective

forna

  1. inflection of forn:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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