nakenen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nacnen, nakne

Etymology

From naken +‎ -enen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːk(ə)nən/, /ˈnaknən/

Verb

nakenen

1. To remove clothes or make naked; to nake.
2. To remove clothes from a portion of the body; to uncover.
3. To unveil; to expose or make visible.
4. (rare) To remove; to ravage or plunder.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nakenen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) nakenen, nakene
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	nakene	nakened
2nd-person singular	nakenest	nakenedest
3rd-person singular	nakeneth	nakened
subjunctive singular	nakene
imperative singular		—
plural1	nakenen, nakene	nakeneden, nakenede
imperative plural	nakeneth, nakene	—
participles	nakenynge, nakenende	nakened, ynakened

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

Derived terms

• nakenyng

Descendants

• English: naken (dialectal)

References

• “nākenen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.