felawshipen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• felawshippen, felauschippen, felischepen, felawschippen, felawechipen, felawschipen

Etymology

From felaweshipe +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlau̯ʃipən/, /ˈfɛlɔu̯ʃipən/, /ˈfɛləʃipən/, /ˈfeː-/

Verb

felawshipen

1. To enter into a companionship, partnership, alliance, or fellowship.
2. To connect, link, or associate two ideas.
3. (rare) To cause to enter into a fellowship.
4. (rare) To entertain; to make merry.
5. (rare) To marry; to make a couple.

Conjugation

Conjugation of felawshipen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) felawshipen, felawshipe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	felawshipe	felawshiped
2nd-person singular	felawshipest	felawshipedest
3rd-person singular	felawshipeth	felawshiped
subjunctive singular	felawshipe
imperative singular		—
plural1	felawshipen, felawshipe	felawshipeden, felawshipede
imperative plural	felawshipeth, felawshipe	—
participles	felawshipynge, felawshipende	felawshiped, yfelawshiped

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: fellowship

References

• “fē̆laushipen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-08-31.