fure
English
Etymology
From Danish føre, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. Cognate with Dutch voeren (“to lead”), Low German fören (“to lead”), German führen (“to lead”), Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), Danish føre (“to lead”), Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjʊɹ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Verb
fure (third-person singular simple present fures, present participle furing, simple past and past participle fured)
- (dialectal, rare, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) To lead.
- So far as his labor and his wisdom fures.
- 1637, Monro Expedition:
- To his master, the Kings Majesty or General, that fures or leads the war.
- (dialectal, rare, Northern England, Scotland) To carry, bear, convey, transport.
- No goods should be fured upon the over-loft of the ships.
Galician
Verb
fure
- inflection of furar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Hausa
Latin
Norwegian Bokmål
See also
- fòr (Nynorsk)
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²fuːrə/, [²fuːrə], [²fu̞ːrə]
Inflection
Historical inflection of fure
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2furu was taken in as a side form. |
References
- “fure” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Verb
fure
- inflection of furar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfure]