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English
Etymology
From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ġefealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþaną (“to fold”), equivalent to fold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.
Pronunciation
Verb
folden
- (obsolete) past participle of fold
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
folden c
- definite singular of fold
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
folden (third-person singular simple present foldeth, present participle foldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative feld, past participle folden)
- To bend; to flex:
- To fold; to bend over.
- To be bent; to curve.
- To twist; to braid.
- To hug; to cuddle.
- To wrap or cover; to coat.
- To buckle; to collapse.
- To defeat; to bring down.
- (of a book, etc.) To snap shut.
Usage notes
- Weak forms of this verb are not found before the end of the 14th century.
Conjugation
infinitive
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(to) folden, folde
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present tense
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past tense
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1st-person singular
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folde
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feld, folded
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2nd-person singular
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foldest
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felde, feld, foldedest
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3rd-person singular
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foldeth
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feld, folded
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subjunctive singular
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folde
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felde1, folded1
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imperative singular
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—
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plural2
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folden, folde
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felden, felde, foldeden, foldede
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imperative plural
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foldeth, folde
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—
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participles
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foldynge, foldende
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folden, folde, folded, yfolden, yfolde
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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