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Middle English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English þēon (strong class 1), from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną (strong class 3); a cognate of Middle Dutch diën. In later Old English, þēon changed to strong class 2 on the model of tēon, meaning the past participle became þogen; in Middle English, the -g- vocalised to -w-, resulting in a form thowen. Past singular forms in -w- were then analogically created on the basis of this past participle (see the inflection table below).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]theen
- To experience success, wealth, or prosperity.
- To expand, increase, or become grown.
- (rare, Early Middle English) To induce prosperity.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of theen (strong class 2)
infinitive | (to) theen, thee | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | thee | thew | |
2nd-person singular | theest | thowe, thew | |
3rd-person singular | theeth | thew | |
subjunctive singular | thee | thowe1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | theen, thee | thowen, thowe | |
imperative plural | theeth, thee | — | |
participles | theynge, theende | thowen, thowe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “thẹ̄n, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.
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