droupen

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse drúpa, from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, collateral form of *dreupaną. Doublet of drepen.

Alternative forms

• drope, droupe, drowpe, drupe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdruːpən/

Verb

droupen (third-person singular simple present droupeth, present participle droupende, droupynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle drouped)

1. To droop; to hang downwards.
2. To drop, fall, or lower; to move downwards.
3. To be distraught or grieving; to lament.
4. To retreat or crouch in terror.

Conjugation

Conjugation of droupen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) droupen, droupe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	droupe	drouped
2nd-person singular	droupest	droupedest
3rd-person singular	droupeth	drouped
subjunctive singular	droupe
imperative singular		—
plural1	droupen, droupe	droupeden, droupede
imperative plural	droupeth, droupe	—
participles	droupynge, droupende	drouped, ydrouped

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

Descendants

• English: droop
• Middle Scots: droup

References

• “drǒupen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.