flowen
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
flowen
Inherited from Old English flōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną. Compare flod.
flowen (third-person singular simple present floweth, present participle flowende, flowynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle flowed)
This verb is mainly weak in Middle English, but some traces of its historic status as a class 7 strong verb still remain.
infinitive | (to) flowen, flowe | ||
---|---|---|---|
present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | flowe | flowed, flew | |
2nd-person singular | flowest | flowedest, flewe, flew | |
3rd-person singular | floweth | flowed, flew | |
subjunctive singular | flowe | flowed1, flewe1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | flowen, flowe | floweden, flowede, flewen, flewe | |
imperative plural | floweth, flowe | — | |
participles | flowynge, flowende | flowed, flowen, yflowed, yflowen |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
flōwen
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