mounten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mounte, mownte, mountyn, munt

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman mounter, munter (“to mount”), from Vulgar Latin *montō; equivalent to mount +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːntən/, /ˈmuntən/

Verb

mounten

1. To go, travel or rise upwards; to begin ascension.
2. To climb atop a mount; to bestride or begin to ride.
3. (rare) To raise or elevate; to lift up or advocate
4. (rare) To thrive; to grow or become greater in number.
5. (rare, Late Middle English) To amount to; to be of a certain value.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mounten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) mounten, mounte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	mounte	mounted
2nd-person singular	mountest	mountedest
3rd-person singular	mounteth	mounted
subjunctive singular	mounte
imperative singular		—
plural1	mounten, mounte	mounteden, mountede
imperative plural	mounteth, mounte	—
participles	mountynge, mountende	mounted, ymounted

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

Descendants

• English: mount
• Scots: munt

References

• “mǒunten (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.