Definitions For Fordo

Verb

fordoes , fordoing , fordid , fordone (obsolete) To kill, destroy. (obsolete) To annul, abolish, cancel. (archaic) To do away with, undo; to ruin. (archaic) To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.

Quotations

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Alternative forms

foredo

Etymology

From Middle English fordon, from {{inh, en, ang, fordōn, t=to undo, bring to naught, ruin, destroy, abolish, kill, corrupt, seduce, defile}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *fardōną}}, *fradōną, t=to ruin, destroy, equivalent to {{pre, en, for, do}}. Cognate with {{cog, stq, ferdwo, t=to waste, consume}}, {{cog, fy, ferdwaan, t=to waste}}, {{cog, nl, verdoen, t=to kill, waste}}, {{cog, nds-de, verdoon, t=to waste, consume}}, {{cog, de, vertun, t=to waste, spend, consume}}.

Anagrams

Frodo, do for, frood