escheten
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French escheoiter, from escheoit, past participle of escheoir (“to fall”); equivalent to eschete + -en (infinitival suffix). Compare acheten.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editescheten
Conjugation
editConjugation of escheten (weak in -ed/suffixless)
infinitive | (to) escheten | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | eschete | escheted, eschete | |
2nd-person singular | eschetest | eschetedest, eschetest | |
3rd-person singular | escheteth | escheted, eschete | |
subjunctive singular | eschete | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | escheten, eschete | escheteden, eschetede, escheten, eschete | |
imperative plural | escheteth, eschete | — | |
participles | eschetynge, eschetende | escheted, eschet |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- English: escheat
References
edit- “eschēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.