bethen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English beþian, beþþan, from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, from Proto-Germanic *baþjaną; compare bath (“bath”) and bathen (“to bathe”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bethen (third-person singular simple present betheth, present participle bethende, bethynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bethed)
- (chiefly Early Middle English) To bathe; to immerse oneself in water.
- Synonym: bathen
- (rare) To immerse wood in a heated bath to soften it.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bethen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: beath (dialectal)
References edit
- “bēthen, -ien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.