panten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pant, pante, pantyn

Etymology

Potentially from Old French pantoyer, a form of pantoisier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpantən/

Verb

panten

1. To pant; to draw breath quickly or urgently.
2. (of the heart) To beat quickly or urgently.

Conjugation

Conjugation of panten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) panten, pante
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	pante	panted
2nd-person singular	pantest	pantedest
3rd-person singular	panteth	panted
subjunctive singular	pante
imperative singular		—
plural1	panten, pante	panteden, pantede
imperative plural	panteth, pante	—
participles	pantynge, pantende	panted, ypanted

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

Descendants

• English: pant, pank
• Scots: pant (obsolete)

References

• “panten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-02.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

panten m

1. definite singular of pant (Noun 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

panten m

1. definite singular of pant (Noun 2)

Swedish

Noun

panten

1. definite singular of pant

Anagrams

• pentan