moten
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
moten
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of moot
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English motan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
moten (auxilliary)
- To have or need to; must.
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales, lines 875-877, 885:
- And ceꝛtes, if it neꝛe too long to heeꝛe, / I wold have told you fully the manneꝛe / How wonnen was the regne of Femenye / By Theſeus and by his chivalrye, […] / But all that thing I mot as now foꝛbeꝛe.
- And certainly, if it weren't too long to hear / I would have told you the manner / How the realm of Femeny was won / By Theseus and by his chivalry, […] / But I must leave all that alone for now.
- To feel strongly obliged to; should (really).
- To be able to; might, can.
- To be permitted to; may, can.
- To be about to or going to; will, shall.
Usage notes
As in Modern English, what are historically the past forms of this verb are frequently used with present or even future semantics.
Conjugation
Conjugation of moten (preterite-present)
infinitive | (to) moten | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | mot | moste, muste |
2nd person singular | most, must | mostest, mustest |
3rd person singular | mot | moste, muste |
plural | mote(n) | moste(n), muste(n) |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | mote | moste, muste |
plural | mote(n) | moste(n), muste(n) |
imperative | present | |
singular | - | |
plural | - | |
participle | present | past |
- | - |
Descendants
References
- “mọ̄ten, (v.(2)).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-10-24.
Etymology 2
From Old French mouton.
Noun
moten
- Alternative form of motoun
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
moten m
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
moten m
Swedish
Noun
moten
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