absteynen
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”) from abs- (“from”) + teneō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]absteynen
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of absteynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “absteinen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.