knytten
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English cnyttan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknitən/
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Verb
knytten
- To connect or secure; to join something to another (especially with rope):
- To wrap or swaddle; to encase or surround in rope as to secure or amalgamate.
- To secure, join together, close, or link by making a knot.
- To make an irrevocable or permanent linkage or binding contract.
- To join, unite or bring together; to make two things one.
- To append or bring into another; to make one thing part of another.
- To enter into or begin an endeavour, activity, or pursuit:
- To instill or inculcate a belief, worldview, ideal, or ideology.
- To work out a argument or treatise out of words or ideas.
- To fix or repair; to stop something from being broken or in disrepair.
- To make, tie or create a knot; to tie thread as to stay secure.
- To solidify, compress or harden; to cause to congeal or become hardened.
- (figuratively) To finish, finalise or terminate; to bring something to its end.
- (rare) To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing.
- (rare) To be joined, united or brought together.
- (rare) To incorporate or include (secret or esoteric) meanings.
- (rare) To close up or turn off; to stop from working.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of knytten (irregular weak)
infinitive | (to) knytten | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | knytte | knytte, knyttede |
2nd person singular | knyttest | knyttest, knyttedest |
3rd person singular | knyt, knytteth, knytteþ | knytte, knyttede |
plural | knytten | knytte(n), knyttede(n) |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | knytte | knytte, knyttede |
plural | knytten | knytte(n), knyttede(n) |
imperative | present | |
singular | knytte | |
plural | knytteþ, knytteth | |
participle | present | past |
knyttende, knyttinge | knyt, knytted |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “knitten (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-18.
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