graven – Middle English verb conjugation

Middle English verb forms of graven

Infinitive

graven; to graven; grave

Participles

Presentgravynge; gravende
Pastgraven; grave; graved; ygraven; ygrave; ygraved

Indicative

Present

1st sing.grave
2nd sing.gravest
3rd sing.graveth
1st plur.graven; grave; graveth
2nd plur.graven; grave; graveth
3rd plur.graven; grave; graveth

Past

1st sing.grof; graved; gravede
2nd sing.grove; gravedest
3rd sing.grof; graved; gravede
1st plur.groven; grove; graveden; graved; gravede
2nd plur.groven; grove; graveden; graved; gravede
3rd plur.groven; grove; graveden; graved; gravede

Subjunctive

Present

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

Past

1st sing.grove; graved; gravede
2nd sing.grove; graved; gravede
3rd sing.grove; graved; gravede

Imperative

Singulargrave
Pluralgraveth; grave

Verbs conjugated like graven

graven,

Etymology

From Old English grafan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. See: Old English 'grafan', Proto-Germanic '*grabaną'.

Verbs referencing "graven"

English grave, Irish grábháil.

Sample Sentences

  • With gold, men may the herte grave. (Troilus and Criseyde) [c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye … [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], book IV, [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:]

Cognates

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