folden
See also: Folden
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ġefealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþaną (“to fold”), equivalent to fold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -əʊldən
Verb edit
folden
- (obsolete) past participle of fold
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
folden c
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
folden (third-person singular simple present foldeth, present participle foldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative feld, past participle folden)
- To bend; to flex:
- To hug; to cuddle.
- To wrap or cover; to coat.
- To buckle; to collapse.
- To defeat; to bring down.
- (of a book, etc.) To snap shut.
Usage notes edit
- Weak forms of this verb are not found before the end of the 14th century.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of folden (strong class 7 or weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) folden, folde | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | folde | feld, folded | |
2nd-person singular | foldest | felde, feld, foldedest | |
3rd-person singular | foldeth | feld, folded | |
subjunctive singular | folde | felde1, folded1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | folden, folde | felden, felde, foldeden, foldede | |
imperative plural | foldeth, folde | — | |
participles | foldynge, foldende | folden, folde, folded, yfolden, yfolde |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “fōlden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.