laughen
English
Verb
laughen
- obsolete past participle of laugh.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) lahhȝhenn, lihȝen, lehȝen, lahhen, lauhwen
- laughe, laghe, laghen, lawen, leigh, leygh, leiȝe, leyȝe, lauȝe, lauȝhe, lawȝe, lyȝhe, lauȝen, lauȝwhen, leighȝen, lawhyn
Etymology
From Old English hlæhhan, alternative form of hlehhan, hliehhan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈlau̯xən/, /ˈlɛi̯xən/, /ˈlixən/
Verb
laughen
- To laugh; to break out in laughter or laughing.
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 961-963:
- But right anon the worthy Knyght bigan / whan that he saugh that al the peple lough: / "Namoore of this, for it is right ynough!
- But right away the worthy Knight started / when he saw that all the people laughed: / "No more of this, because that's enough!
- To express glee or joyfulness; to show happiness.
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Merchant's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1723-1724:
- And Venus laugheth upon every wight / For Januarie was bicome hir knyght
- And Venus laughs about every person / As January has become her knight
- (usually with a preposition) To reminisce about; to remember with affection.
- (rare) To laugh about an incident or thing.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of laughen (strong class 6/weak)
infinitive | (to) laughen | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | laughe | lough, lowȝ, laughed |
2nd person singular | laughest | lough, lowȝ, laughed, *loughst |
3rd person singular | laugheþ, laugheth | lough, lowȝ, laughed |
plural | laughen | lough(en), laughed(en) |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | laughe | lough, lowȝ, laughed |
plural | laughen | lough(en), laughed(en) |
imperative | present | |
singular | laughe | |
plural | laugheþ, laugheth | |
participle | present | past |
laughende, laughinge | laughe(n), laughed |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “laughen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.
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- enm:Emotions
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