Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete preterit and past participle of fare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
fare , v. i.
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The German word in question is fahren (not "faren") and it has nothing to do with fart.
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At the time of the founding, the word “welfare,” derived from Middle English wel faren, carried the meanings of “happiness,” “prosperity,” and “health.”
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Etymology: Middle English, from the phrase wel faren to fare well
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And thanne seyde the Chane, My sones, quoth he, treuly thus wil it faren be zou.
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And thanne seyde the Chane, My sones, quoth he, treuly thus wil it faren be zou.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Þa þe habbeð doules werc idon. ⁊ þer inne bo ifunde. hi sculen faren forð mid him in to helle grunde.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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And ek faren ouer lond le hwider so beoþ þi wille.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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He luueden god he geld it hem. ðe .vii. fulsu {m} geres faren.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Hi læiden gæildes o ` n´ the tunes æure u {m} wile ⁊ clepeden it tenserie. þa {70} þe uureccemen ne hadden na {n} more to gyuen. þa ræueden hi ⁊ brendon alle the tunes. ð wel þu myhtes faren al a dæis fare sculdest thu neure finden man in tune sittende. ne land tiled.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Cnihtes sunen uiue {;} þa i {} faren hafden biliue.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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