taken – Middle English verb conjugation

Middle English verb forms of taken

Infinitive

taken; to taken; take

Participles

Presenttakinge; takynge; takende
Pasttaken; take; ytaken; ytake; taked

Indicative

Present

1st sing.take
2nd sing.takest
3rd sing.taketh
1st plur.taken; take; taketh
2nd plur.taken; take; taketh
3rd plur.taken; take; taketh

Past

1st sing.tok; taked
2nd sing.toke
3rd sing.tok; taked
1st plur.token; toke
2nd plur.token; toke
3rd plur.token; toke

Subjunctive

Present

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

Past

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

Imperative

Singulartake
Pluraltaketh; take

Verbs conjugated like taken

taken,

Etymology

From late Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch, grasp”). See: Old English 'tacan', Proto-Germanic '*tēkaną'.

Verbs referencing "taken"

English take, Scots tak.

Sample Sentences

  • And made forward erly for to ryse / To take our wey, ther as I yow devyse. (And made agreement that we'd early rise / To take the road, as I will to you apprise.) [c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 33–34:]

Cognates

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