ymagynen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ymaginen, imagynen, imagyn, imagyne, ymagyne, ymagen, ymagenen

Etymology

From Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor; compare ymage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmaːd͡ʒinən/, /iˈmad͡ʒinən/

Verb

ymagynen

1. to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental image.
2. to believe; to form a belief:
   1. to assume; to make an assumption.
   2. to believe wrongly or fancifully.
   3. to posit; to form a postulate.
3. to scheme, plot, contrive.
4. to falsify; to deceitfully make or act.
5. to think about; to consider (a situation)
6. (rare) to invent; to learn about.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ymagynen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) ymagynen, ymagyne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	ymagyne	ymagyned
2nd-person singular	ymagynest	ymagynedest
3rd-person singular	ymagyneth	ymagyned
subjunctive singular	ymagyne
imperative singular		—
plural1	ymagynen, ymagyne	ymagyneden, ymagynede
imperative plural	ymagyneth, ymagyne	—
participles	ymagynynge, ymagynende	ymagyned

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

Related terms

• ymaginable
• ymaginacioun
• ymagynatif
• ymagynynge

Descendants

• English: imagine
• Scots: imaigine

References

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