chaffaren
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From chaffare (“trade”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]chaffaren (third-person singular simple present chaffareth, present participle chaffarende, chaffarynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle chaffared)
- (transitive, intransitive) To trade or exchange.
- (intransitive) To interact with.
- (transitive, rare, usually with of) To trade in return for profit.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of chaffaren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- English: chaffer
References
[edit]- “chaffā̆ren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.