stoupen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stoup, stoupe, stowpe, stowppe
• stupen, stupin (Early Middle English)
• stoupi (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English stūpian, from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstuːpən/

Verb

stoupen (third-person singular simple present stoupeth, present participle stoupende, stoupynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stouped)

1. To bend over; to stoop or hunch.
2. To bend the head or eyes forwards; to slouch.
3. To be regularly or habitually tilt or bent diagonally.
4. To become bent or inclined from a blow.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stoupen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) stoupen, stoupe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	stoupe	stouped
2nd-person singular	stoupest	stoupedest
3rd-person singular	stoupeth	stouped
subjunctive singular	stoupe
imperative singular		—
plural1	stoupen, stoupe	stoupeden, stoupede
imperative plural	stoupeth, stoupe	—
participles	stoupynge, stoupende	stouped, ystouped

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

Descendants

• English: stoop (obsolete stoup)
• Middle Scots: stoup

References

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