Infinitive
moten; to moten; mote
Participles
| Present | motynge; motende |
| Past | moted; ymoted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | mot; moste; mote |
| 2nd sing. | most; mostest; motest |
| 3rd sing. | mot; moste; moteth |
| 1st plur. | moten; mote; mosten; moste; moteth |
| 2nd plur. | moten; mote; mosten; moste; moteth |
| 3rd plur. | moten; mote; mosten; moste; moteth |
Past
| 1st sing. | moste; moted; motede |
| 2nd sing. | mostest; motedest |
| 3rd sing. | moste; moted; motede |
| 1st plur. | mosten; moste; moteden; moted; motede |
| 2nd plur. | mosten; moste; moteden; moted; motede |
| 3rd plur. | mosten; moste; moteden; moted; motede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | mote; moste |
| 2nd sing. | mote; moste |
| 3rd sing. | mote; moste |
Past
| 1st sing. | moste; moted; motede |
| 2nd sing. | moste; moted; motede |
| 3rd sing. | moste; moted; motede |
Imperative
| Singular | mote |
| Plural | moteth; mote |
Verbs conjugated like moten
moten,
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*mōtaną'.
Verbs referencing "moten"
English
must, English
mote, English
moot.
Sample Sentences
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And ceꝛtes, if it neꝛe too long to heeꝛe, / I wold have told you fully the manneꝛe / How wonnen was the regne of Femenye / By Theſeus and by his chivalrye,[…] / But all that thing I mot as now foꝛbeꝛe. (And certainly, if it weren't too long to hear / I would have told you the manner / How the realm of Femeny was won / By Theseus and by his chivalry, […] / But I must leave all that alone for now.) [c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales, lines 875–877, 885:]
Cognates
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