laughen
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
laughen
From Old English hlæhhan, alternative form of hlehhan, hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
laughen
infinitive | (to) laughen, laughe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | laughe | lough, low, laughed | |
2nd-person singular | laughest | lowe, lough, low, laughedest | |
3rd-person singular | laugheth | lough, low, laughed | |
subjunctive singular | laughe | lowe1, laughed1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | laughen, laughe | lowen, lowe, laugheden, laughede | |
imperative plural | laugheth, laughe | — | |
participles | laughynge, laughende | laughen, laughe, laughed |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.