fordwynen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

fordwinen, fordwyne

Etymology

From Old English fordwīnan; from Proto-Germanic *fra- (“for-”), *dwīnaną (“to disappear, dwindle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dgʷhey- (“to disappear, die”), equivalent to for- +‎ dwynen. Cognate with Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, vanish”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔrˈdwiːnən/

Verb

fordwynen

To dwindle; to become diminished.
To become weak (with sickness)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fordwynen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) fordwynen, fordwyne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fordwyne	fordwyned
2nd-person singular	fordwynest	fordwynedest
3rd-person singular	fordwyneth	fordwyned
subjunctive singular	fordwyne	fordwyned
imperative singular	fordwyne	—

plural¹	fordwynen, fordwyne	fordwyneden, fordwynede
imperative plural	fordwyneth, fordwyne	—

participles	fordwynynge, fordwynende	fordwyned

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

“fordwīnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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