dynen
Danish
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, contraction of disieiūnāre. Doublet of dyner, from the same Old French word used substantively.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːnən/
Verb
dynen
- To eat lunch (the midday meal)
- To dine; to eat a meal.
- To eat; to consume food.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Sompners Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- What wol ye dine?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) To feed; to serve food.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dynen (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) dynen, dyne | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | dyne | dyned | |
| 2nd-person singular | dynest | dynedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | dyneth | dyned | |
| subjunctive singular | dyne | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | dynen, dyne | dyneden, dynede | |
| imperative plural | dyneth, dyne | — | |
| participles | dynynge, dynende | dyned | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
References
- “dīnen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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Alternative forms
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