corounen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• coroune, corown, crowne, coronen, crownen, crounen, crunen, corownen, cruni

Etymology

From Old French coroner (modern French couronner), from Latin corōnō; equivalent to coroune +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈruːnən/, /ˈkruːnən/, /ˈkurunən/

Verb

corounen

1. To put a crown on one's head (often as a symbol of power or might):
   1. To crown; to perform a crowning or install as monarch.
   2. To crown with a chaplet in recognition of winning or achievement.
   3. (theology, rare) To raise a god or saint to a dignity.
2. To instill or cause a condition, feeling or mental state; to grant.
3. To let or allow into a monastic community or grouping.
4. (theology) To raise a virtuous people to Heaven.
5. (Christianity) To install a high ecclesiastical figure.
6. (rare) To wear a crown; to have a crown on one's head.
7. (rare) To grant an influential office or duty.
8. (rare) To have a specified kind of flower.
9. (rare) To put the top portion of a brick wall on.
10. (rare) To glorify or recognise.

Conjugation

Conjugation of corounen (weak)

infinitive	(to) corounen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	coroune	corounede
2nd person singular	corounest	corounedest
3rd person singular	corouneþ, corouneth	corounede
plural	corounen	corouneden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	coroune	corounede
plural	corounen	corouneden
imperative	present
singular	coroune
plural	corouneþ, corouneth
participle	present	past
	corounende, corouninge	corouned, ycorouned

Descendants

• English: crown
• Scots: croun, croon

References

• “corǒunen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.