forniman

From Proto-Germanic *franemaną. Equivalent to for- +‎ niman. Cognate with Old Saxon farniman, Old High German firneman. More at nim.

• IPA^(key): /forˈni.mɑn/

forniman

1. to take away, plunder, waste, ransack
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Wōriað þā wīnsalo; · waldend liċġað
     drēame bidrorene; · duguþ eal ġecrong,
     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,

     The wine-halls ramble; lords lie still,
     deprived of mirth; army completely perished,
     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,

2. to take hold of, seize, do away with; fordo
3. to consume; fret, devour
4. to destroy
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre...

     Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...

• Middle English: fornimen