steven – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of steven

Noun: steven
Sg.steven
Pl.stevens

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • Soo wythin syx wekye after syr Launcelot fyl seek and laye in his bedde & thenne he sente for the bysshop that there was heremyte and al his trewe felowes / Than Syr Launcelot sayd wyth drery steuen / syr bysshop I praye you gyue to me al my ryghtes that longeth to a chrysten man. [1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XXI:]

Nouns inflected like steven

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old English stefn, stemn (“voice, sound”). More at steven. See: Old English Nouns 'stefn'.

Verbs referencing "steven"

English Nouns voice, English Nouns steven.

Translations