mameren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• memeren

Etymology

Imitative.

Verb

mameren

1. to mumble; to waver when speaking

Conjugation

Conjugation of mameren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) mameren, mamere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	mamere	mamered
2nd-person singular	mamerest	mameredest
3rd-person singular	mamereth	mamered
subjunctive singular	mamere
imperative singular		—
plural1	mameren, mamere	mamereden, mamerede
imperative plural	mamereth, mamere	—
participles	mamerynge, mamerende	mamered, ymamered

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: mammer, momurdotes

References

• “mameren, V..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.