masen

See also: måsen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• maze, mase

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from amased or a *amasen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːzən/

Verb

masen

1. To bewilder, amaze, perplex, or mislead.
2. (rare) To be bewildered, amazed, perplexed, or misled.

Conjugation

Conjugation of masen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) masen, mase
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	mase	mased
2nd-person singular	masest	masedest
3rd-person singular	maseth	mased
subjunctive singular	mase
imperative singular		—
plural1	masen, mase	maseden, masede
imperative plural	maseth, mase	—
participles	masynge, masende	mased, ymased

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

Derived terms

• mase
• mased

Descendants

• English: maze
• Scots: maze

References

• “māsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Spanish

Verb

masen

1. inflection of masar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmasɛn/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmasan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmasɛn/

Verb

masen

1. Nasal mutation of basen.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
basen	fasen	masen	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.