perfurnish

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• perform — [14] If the word perform had carried on as it started out, it would now be perfurnish (as indeed it was in northern and Scottish English from the 14th to the 16th centuries). For it comes ultimately from Old French parfournir, a compound verb… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• perform — [14] If the word perform had carried on as it started out, it would now be perfurnish (as indeed it was in northern and Scottish English from the 14th to the 16th centuries). For it comes ultimately from Old French parfournir, a compound verb… …   Word origins

• parfornysshe — var. perfurnish Obs …   Useful english dictionary

• perforne — perforne, forny, fornys, fourne etc.: see perform, perfurnish …   Useful english dictionary