miþan
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *mīþan.
Cognate with Old Saxon mīthan (Middle Low German mîden), Dutch mijden, Old High German mīdan (German meiden).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mīþan
- to hide, conceal, dissemble
- Cyriacus hygerune ne mað to Gode cleopode.
- Cyriacus did not hide his mind's secret, but cried out to God.
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8[1]:
- Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…
- I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of mīþan (strong class 1)
infinitive | mīþan | mīþenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | mīþe | māþ |
second person singular | mīst | miþe |
third person singular | mīþþ, mīþ | māþ |
plural | mīþaþ | miþon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | mīþe | miþe |
plural | mīþen | miþen |
imperative | ||
singular | mīþ | |
plural | mīþaþ | |
participle | present | past |
mīþende | (ġe)miþen |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: mithen
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “miþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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