Infinitive
wimplen; to wimplen; wimple
Participles
| Present | wimplende; wimplynge |
| Past | wimpled; ywimpled |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | wimple |
| 2nd sing. | wimplest |
| 3rd sing. | wimpleth |
| 1st plur. | wimplen; wimple; wimpleth |
| 2nd plur. | wimplen; wimple; wimpleth |
| 3rd plur. | wimplen; wimple; wimpleth |
Past
| 1st sing. | wimpled; wimplede |
| 2nd sing. | wimpledest |
| 3rd sing. | wimpled; wimplede |
| 1st plur. | wimpleden; wimpled; wimplede |
| 2nd plur. | wimpleden; wimpled; wimplede |
| 3rd plur. | wimpleden; wimpled; wimplede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | wimple |
| 2nd sing. | wimple |
| 3rd sing. | wimple |
Past
| 1st sing. | wimpled; wimplede |
| 2nd sing. | wimpled; wimplede |
| 3rd sing. | wimpled; wimplede |
Imperative
| Singular | wimple |
| Plural | wimpleth; wimple |
Verbs conjugated like wimplen
synnen,
syften,
serven,
snoren,
snesen,
sighen,
skewen,
wondren,
symulen,
blosmen,
blissen,
suffisen,
blessen,
damagen,
daunten,
dauncen,
gamenen,
plukken,
wratthen,
snarken, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From wympel (“a veil, cover, hood”) + -en (infinitival suffix); compare Middle Dutch wimpelen.
Verbs referencing "wimplen"
English
wimple.
Sample Sentences
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With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and mis-meninge people skleren and wimplen their errours. (Testament of Love, Thomas Usk)
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Rea entred into relegioun, For to be wympled in that hooli hous Sacred to Vesta ... duryng al hir liff. — Fall of Princes, John Lydgate, c1439
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Take soft lynnen cloth & wrape and wymple it togeder and lay it ouer þe wound (Medical Recipes, c1450)
Cognates
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