shirten

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

shirten

1. Alternative form of sherten.

Etymology 2

From Old English scyrtan.

Alternative forms

• shurtten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃirtən/, /ˈʃurtən/

Verb

shirten

1. (reflexive, rare) To entertain; to not be bored.

Conjugation

Conjugation of shirten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) shirten, shirte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	shirte	shirted
2nd-person singular	shirtest	shirtedest
3rd-person singular	shirteth	shirted
subjunctive singular	shirte
imperative singular		—
plural1	shirten, shirte	shirteden, shirtede
imperative plural	shirteth, shirte	—
participles	shirtynge, shirtende	shirted, yshirted

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

Descendants

• English: shurt (obsolete)

References

• “shirten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.