# faran
## Catalan
### Verb

faran
* third-person plural future indicative of fer

## Gothic
### Romanization

faran
* Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽

## Middle English
### Verb

faran
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of faren

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

### Verb

faran
* to go, sail

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: vāren
** Dutch: varen
** Limburgish: vare

#### Further reading

* “faran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* fearan — Mercian
* fara, færan, færa, feran

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.
Cognate with Old Frisian fara, Old Saxon faran, Old Dutch faran, Old High German faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɑ.rɑn/

### Verb

faran
* to go (used of long distances), to travel
** Iċ fare tō helle gatum.I'm going to the gates of hell.
** c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33
    Lā bearn, nū gȳt ic eom ġehwǣde tīd mid ēow. Ġē mē sēceað; and swā ic þām Iudeon sǣde, Ġē ne magon faran þyder þe ic fare; and nū ic ēow secge.O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go to there which I go; and now I tell you.
** Blickling Homilies, "St. Andrew"
    Wē bēoþ mid þē swā hwæder swā þū færest.We'll be with you wherever you go.
** c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
    Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.
** late 9th century, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
    Þā fōr hē swā feorr swā hē meahte on þām ōðrum þrim dagum ġesiġlan.Then he traveled as far as he could sail in the next three days.
** late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
    Antonius hæfde þrītiġ sċipa on þām wǣron farenda hundeahtatiġ ēoreda.Antonius had 30 ships carrying 80 legions [literally "on which were traveling 80 legions"].
* to fare (to exist in any state)
** c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
    Hui, hū færest þū?Hey, how's it going?(literally, “Hey, how are you faring?”)
** c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
    Hū mæġ sē mann wel faran þe his mōd āwent fram eallum þissum bōcum, and biþ him swā ānwille þæt him lēofre biþ þæt hē libbe ǣfre be his āgnum dihte āsċīred fram þissum, swelċe hē ne cunne Cristes ġesetnessa?How can someone do well if they turn their mind from all these books [stuff that Ælfric wrote], if they're so stubborn that they would rather live their life always making their own separate judgments, as if they don't know the laws of Christ?

#### Derived terms

* āfaran
* faroþ
* fēran
* forfaran
* forþfaran
* ġefaran
* ġeondfaran
* infaran
* misfaran
* oferfaran
* þurhfaran
* wiþfaran
* ymbfaran

#### Related terms

* fær
* fǣr
* faru
* fierd
* hēahfore (probably, see that entry for discussion)

#### Descendants

* Middle English: faren, fare, faryn, feren, ffare, varen, faran, farenn, fearen (Early Middle English)
** English: fare
** Scots: fare

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, whence also Old Saxon faran, Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

### Verb

faran
* to proceed
* to go

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: varen, varn
** Alemannic German: faare, fare
** Bavarian: foarn
** Central Franconian: fahre, foahre
*** Hunsrik: faare
*** Luxembourgish: fueren
** German: fahren
** Yiddish: פֿאָרן (forn)

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, whence also Old Dutch faran, Old English faran, Old Frisian fara, Old High German faran, Old Norse fara, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran).

### Verb

faran
* to go, to travel

#### Derived terms

* farfaran
* gifaran
* nitharfaran
* tifaran
* tōfaran

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: vāren
** German Low German: fahren

## Spanish
### Verb

faran
* third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of far

## Swedish
### Noun

faran
* definite singular of fara