gamen – Middle English verb conjugation

Middle English verb forms of gamen

Infinitive

gamen; to gamen; game

Participles

Presentgamende; gamynge
Pastgamed; ygamed

Indicative

Present

1st sing.game
2nd sing.gamest
3rd sing.gameth
1st plur.gamen; game; gameth
2nd plur.gamen; game; gameth
3rd plur.gamen; game; gameth

Past

1st sing.gamed; gamede
2nd sing.gamedest
3rd sing.gamed; gamede
1st plur.gameden; gamed; gamede
2nd plur.gameden; gamed; gamede
3rd plur.gameden; gamed; gamede

Subjunctive

Present

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

Past

1st sing.gamed; gamede
2nd sing.gamed; gamede
3rd sing.gamed; gamede

Imperative

Singulargame
Pluralgameth; game

Verbs conjugated like gamen

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

Either an alteration of gamenen after game + -en or a phonetic evolution of it parallel to the development of gamen (“game”) into game.

Verbs referencing "gamen"

English backgammon.

Sample Sentences

Cognates

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