dighten – Middle English verb conjugation

Middle English verb forms of dighten

Infinitive

dighten; to dighten; dighte

Participles

Presentdightynge; dightende
Pastdight; dighted; ydight; ydighted

Indicative

Present

1st sing.dighte
2nd sing.dightest
3rd sing.dighteth
1st plur.dighten; dighte; dighteth
2nd plur.dighten; dighte; dighteth
3rd plur.dighten; dighte; dighteth

Past

1st sing.dighte; dighted; dightede
2nd sing.dightest; dightedest
3rd sing.dighte; dighted; dightede
1st plur.dighten; dighte; dighteden; dighted; dightede
2nd plur.dighten; dighte; dighteden; dighted; dightede
3rd plur.dighten; dighte; dighteden; dighted; dightede

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.dighte
2nd sing.dighte
3rd sing.dighte

Past

1st sing.dighte; dighted; dightede
2nd sing.dighte; dighted; dightede
3rd sing.dighte; dighted; dightede

Imperative

Singulardighte
Pluraldighteth; dighte

Verbs conjugated like dighten

dighten, mynten, pynden,

Etymology

From Old English dihtan, dihtian (“to set in order; dispose; arrange; appoint; direct; compose”), from Proto-Germanic *dihtōną (“to compose; invent”), of disputed origin. See: Old English 'dihtan'.

Verbs referencing "dighten"

Scots dicht, English dight.

Sample Sentences

  • And at the last he entryd in to a chambyr that was merueillously wel dyzte and rychely, and a bedde arayed with clothe of gold [1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XV, in Le Morte Darthur, book II (in Middle English):]
  • And whan balyn was wepenles he ranne in to a chamber for to seke somme wepen / and soo fro chamber to chamber / and no wepen he coude fynde / and alweyes kynge Pellam after hym / And at the last he entryd in to a chambyr that was merueillously wel dyȝte and rychely
  • Japhet's Wife: And I will gather chippes here / To make a fyer for you in feare, / And for to dighte your dinnere / Agayne you come in. [14ᵗʰc., Anonymous, The Chester Mystery Plays, Noah's Flood]
  • Ne telleth nevere no man in youre lyf ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Prologue]

Cognates

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