forten
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔrtən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: for‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɔrtən
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English fortēon (“to mislead, seduce; draw over, cover, obscure”), equivalent to for- + ten (“to draw”). Cognate with West Frisian fortsjen (“to move out, depart”), German verziehen (“to warp, stretch, spoil, move away”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrˈteːn/
Verb
forten (third-person singular simple present fortēþ, present participle fortēnde, first-/third-person singular past indicative forteh, past participle fortogen)
- (Early Middle English, rare) To pull away; to draw away.
Conjugation
Conjugation of forten (strong class 2)
| infinitive | (to) forten, forte | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | forte | forteh | |
| 2nd-person singular | fortest | fortuge | |
| 3rd-person singular | forteþ | forteh | |
| subjunctive singular | forte | fortuge1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | forten, forte | fortugen, fortuge | |
| imperative plural | forteþ, forte | — | |
| participles | fortende | fortogen, fortoge | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “fortẹ̄n, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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