aknowen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English ācnawan, a variant of oncnāwan, equivalent to a- + knowen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aknowen
- (transitive) To acknowledge; to confess (often with "of" or "on") - Geoffrey Chaucer.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of aknowen (strong class 7)
infinitive | (to) aknowen, aknowe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | aknowe | aknew | |
2nd-person singular | aknowest | aknewe, aknew | |
3rd-person singular | aknoweth | aknew | |
subjunctive singular | aknowe | aknewe1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | aknowen, aknowe | aknewen, aknewe | |
imperative plural | aknoweth, aknowe | — | |
participles | aknowynge, aknowende | aknowen, aknowe, yaknowen, yaknowe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “aknouen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.