flyten
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English flītan, from Proto-West Germanic *flītan, of uncertain etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
flyten
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of flyten (strong class 1)
infinitive | (to) flyten, flyte | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | flyte | flot | |
2nd-person singular | flytest | flote, flyte, flot | |
3rd-person singular | flyteth, flit | flot | |
subjunctive singular | flyte | flote1, flyte1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | flyten, flyte | floten, flote, flyten, flyte | |
imperative plural | flyteth, flyte | — | |
participles | flytynge, flytende | flyten, flyte |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “flīten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
flyten m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
flyten m