disdeynen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French desdeignier; equivalent to dis- + deynen. Compare deynen (“to disdain”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
disdeynen
- To disdain; to scorn (something)
- To refuse to do in disdain.
- To be insulted (by something)
- (rare) To deign (to do something)
- (rare, pathology) To become inflamed.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of disdeynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “disdeinen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.