Participles
| Present | mīþende |
| Past | (ġe)miþen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | mīþe |
| 2nd sing. | mīst |
| 3rd sing. | mīþþ; mīþ |
| 1st plur. | mīþaþ |
| 2nd plur. | mīþaþ |
| 3rd plur. | mīþaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | māþ |
| 2nd sing. | miþe |
| 3rd sing. | māþ |
| 1st plur. | miþon |
| 2nd plur. | miþon |
| 3rd plur. | miþon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | mīþe |
| 2nd sing. | mīþe |
| 3rd sing. | mīþe |
| 1st plur. | mīþen |
| 2nd plur. | mīþen |
| 3rd plur. | mīþen |
Past
| 1st sing. | miþe |
| 2nd sing. | miþe |
| 3rd sing. | miþe |
| 1st plur. | miþen |
| 2nd plur. | miþen |
| 3rd plur. | miþen |
Verbs conjugated like 'miþan'
miþan,
Verbs similar to 'miþan'
liþan,
migan,
bemiþan,
bidan,
bigan,
bitan,
cidan,
cigan,
cinan,
cliþan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *mīþan.
2. Cognate with Old Saxon mīthan (Middle Low German mîden), Dutch mijden, Old High German mīdan (German meiden). See: Dutch '
mijden', Old High German 'mīdan', German, old spelling '
meiden'.
Sample Sentences
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Cyriacus hygerune ne mað to Gode cleopode. (Cyriacus did not hide his mind's secret, but cried out to God.)
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Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,… (I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:]