fordwynen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English fordwīnan; from Proto-Germanic *fra- (“for-”), *dwīnaną (“to disappear, dwindle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dgʷhey- (“to disappear, die”), equivalent to for- +‎ dwynen. Cognate with Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, vanish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrˈdwiːnən/

Verb

fordwynen

  1. To dwindle; to become diminished.
  2. To become weak (with sickness)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fordwynen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) fordwynen, fordwyne
present tense past tense
1st-person singular fordwyne fordwyned
2nd-person singular fordwynest fordwynedest
3rd-person singular fordwyneth fordwyned
subjunctive singular fordwyne
imperative singular —
plural1 fordwynen, fordwyne fordwyneden, fordwynede
imperative plural fordwyneth, fordwyne —
participles fordwynynge, fordwynende fordwyned

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

References

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