dynen
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Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]dynen c
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, contraction of disieiūnāre. Doublet of dyner, from the same Old French word used substantively.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dynen
- To eat lunch (the midday meal)
- To dine; to eat a meal.
- To eat; to consume food.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Sompners Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- What wol ye dine?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) To feed; to serve food.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “dīnen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]dynen
- Alternative form of dynnen
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]dynen m or f
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]dynen m
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]dynen c
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