biwinnen
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]biwinnen
- to subjugate, conquer (a castle, a country); to capture someone
- (rare) to acquire, get, earn (money, wisdom, love, etc.)
- (rare) to acquire progeny
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of biwinnen (strong class 3)
infinitive | (to) biwinnen, biwinne | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | biwinne | biwan, biwon | |
2nd-person singular | biwinnest | biwonne, biwanne, biwan, biwon | |
3rd-person singular | biwinneth | biwan, biwon | |
subjunctive singular | biwinne | biwonne1, biwanne1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | biwinnen, biwinne | biwonnen, biwonne, biwannen, biwanne | |
imperative plural | biwinneth, biwinne | — | |
participles | biwinnynge, biwinnende | biwonnen, biwonne |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
[edit]- “biwinnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.