corounen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• coroune, corown, crowne, coronen, crownen, crounen, crunen, corownen, cruni

Etymology

From Old French coroner (modern French couronner), from Latin corōnō; equivalent to coroune +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈruːnən/, /ˈkruːnən/, /ˈkurunən/

Verb

corounen

1. To put a crown on one's head (often as a symbol of power or might):
   1. To crown; to perform a crowning or install as monarch.
   2. To crown with a chaplet in recognition of winning or achievement.
   3. (theology, rare) To raise a god or saint to a dignity.
2. To instill or cause a condition, feeling or mental state; to grant.
3. To let or allow into a monastic community or grouping.
4. (theology) To raise a virtuous people to Heaven.
5. (Christianity) To install a high ecclesiastical figure.
6. (rare) To wear a crown; to have a crown on one's head.
7. (rare) To grant an influential office or duty.
8. (rare) To have a specified kind of flower.
9. (rare) To put the top portion of a brick wall on.
10. (rare) To glorify or recognise.

Conjugation

Conjugation of corounen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) corounen, coroune
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	coroune	corouned
2nd-person singular	corounest	corounedest
3rd-person singular	corouneth	corouned
subjunctive singular	coroune
imperative singular		—
plural1	corounen, coroune	corouneden, corounede
imperative plural	corouneth, coroune	—
participles	corounynge, corounende	corouned, ycorouned

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

Descendants

• English: crown
• Scots: croun, croon

References

• “corǒunen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.