sotten

See also: sötten

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

sotten

1. first/third-person plural preterite of sieden

Middle English

Etymology 1

From sot +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔtən/

Verb

sotten

1. To cause to be misled or besotted.
2. (rare) To be or turn idiotic or besotted.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sotten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) sotten, sotte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sotte	sotted
2nd-person singular	sottest	sottedest
3rd-person singular	sotteth	sotted
subjunctive singular	sotte
imperative singular		—
plural1	sotten, sotte	sotteden, sottede
imperative plural	sotteth, sotte	—
participles	sottynge, sottende	sotted, ysotted

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

Descendants

• English: sot

References

• “sotten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-14.

Etymology 2

From sot +‎ -en (plural ending).

Noun

sotten

1. (Early Middle English) plural of sot