sherten

Middle English

Etymology

From sherte +‎ -en (“infinitival ending”).

Alternative forms

• shirten, shorten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛrtən/, /ˈʃirtən/, /ˈʃɔrtən/

Verb

sherten

1. (rare) To hide (something) in a manner reminiscent of a shirt.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sherten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) sherten, sherte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sherte	sherted
2nd-person singular	shertest	shertedest
3rd-person singular	sherteth	sherted
subjunctive singular	sherte
imperative singular		—
plural1	sherten, sherte	sherteden, shertede
imperative plural	sherteth, sherte	—
participles	shertynge, shertende	sherted, ysherted

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

Descendants

• English: shirt

References

• “shirten (v.(1)))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.