Infinitive
kemben; to kemben; kembe
Participles
| Present | kembynge; kembende |
| Past | kempt; kembed; ykembed; ykempt |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | kembe |
| 2nd sing. | kembest |
| 3rd sing. | kembeth |
| 1st plur. | kemben; kembe; kembeth |
| 2nd plur. | kemben; kembe; kembeth |
| 3rd plur. | kemben; kembe; kembeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | kempte; kembed; kembede |
| 2nd sing. | kembedest; kemptest |
| 3rd sing. | kempte; kembed; kembede |
| 1st plur. | kembeden; kembed; kembede; kempten; kempte |
| 2nd plur. | kembeden; kembed; kembede; kempten; kempte |
| 3rd plur. | kembeden; kembed; kembede; kempten; kempte |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | kembe |
| 2nd sing. | kembe |
| 3rd sing. | kembe |
Past
| 1st sing. | kembed; kembede; kempte |
| 2nd sing. | kembed; kembede; kempte |
| 3rd sing. | kembed; kembede; kempte |
Imperative
| Singular | kembe |
| Plural | kembeth; kembe |
Verbs conjugated like kemben
kemben,
Etymology
From Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną. See: Old English '
cemban', Proto-Germanic '
*kambijaną'.
Verbs referencing "kemben"
English
kemb.
Sample Sentences
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But first he cheweth greyn and lycorys / To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer. (Though first he chews spices and licorice, / To smell sweet before he'd combed his hair.) [a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3690–3691:]
Cognates
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