wimplen
Middle English
Etymology
From wympel (“a veil, cover, hood”) + -en (infinitival suffix); compare Middle Dutch wimpelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwimplən/
Verb
wimplen (third-person singular simple present wimpleth, present participle wimplende, wimplynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wimpled)
- To conceal (especially with a headcovering or wimple)
- With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and mis-meninge people skleren and wimplen their errours. — Testament of Love, Thomas Usk
- (rare) To enter into a ritual involving the wimple being put upon oneself.
- Rea entred into relegioun, For to be wympled in that hooli hous Sacred to Vesta ... duryng al hir liff. — Fall of Princes, John Lydgate, c1439
- (rare) To bend or wrap over itself; to cover while folding.
- Take soft lynnen cloth & wrape and wymple it togeder and lay it ouer þe wound — Medical Recipes, c1450
Conjugation
Conjugation of wimplen (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) wimplen, wimple | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | wimple | wimpled | |
| 2nd-person singular | wimplest | wimpledest | |
| 3rd-person singular | wimpleth | wimpled | |
| subjunctive singular | wimple | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | wimplen, wimple | wimpleden, wimplede | |
| imperative plural | wimpleth, wimple | — | |
| participles | wimplynge, wimplende | wimpled, ywimpled | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: wimple
References
- “wimplen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-19.
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