louten

Czech

louten f pl

louten

(transitive, intransitive) To bow; to lower oneself in prostration or submission.
(transitive, intransitive) To become submissive; to follow the orders of or yield to somebody.
(transitive, intransitive) To pray or show devotion towards a deity or religious figure.
(usually transitive) To revere or admire; to show deference for somebody.
(intransitive) To crouch or squat; to lower one's body.
(transitive, intransitive) To lower one's head; to slouch or droop.
(intransitive) To fall over; to topple (often in the context of death)
(intransitive, rare) To travel or go downwards or down.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To decline; to suffer from ill luck.

The inflection of this verb as a class 2 strong verb (let, *louten, *loten) is restricted to Early Middle English and even then rare.

Conjugation of louten (weak in -ed/suffixless or strong class 2)

infinitive	(to) louten, loute
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	loute	louted, loute, let
2nd-person singular	loutest	loutedest, loutest, let
3rd-person singular	louteth	louted, loute, let
subjunctive singular	loute	louted¹, loute¹
imperative singular	loute	—

plural²	louten, loute	louteden, loutede, louten, loute
imperative plural	louteth, loute	—

participles	loutynge, loutende	louted, lout, ylouted, ylout

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

“lǒuten, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-14.

louten

Conjugation of louten (weak in -ed)

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

“lǒuten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-14.

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