hurten

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

hurten

  1. inflection of huren:
    1. first/third-person plural preterite
    2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Usually taken to be an early borrowing from Old Northern French hurter, of disputed origin, but possibly instead from an Old English *hyrtan. In any case, equivalent to hurt +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhurtən/, /ˈhirtən/

Verb

hurten (third-person singular simple present hurteth, present participle hurtynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative hurte, past participle hurt)

  1. To hurt (cause an injury or disease)
  2. To injure; to cause harm or trouble for:
    1. To wound emotionally; to distress.
    2. To spiritually damage or hurt.
    3. To ruin or worsen; to make damaged or worse.
  3. To trip or fall over; to make a misstep.
  4. To strike, hurl or bump against; to launch into.
  5. To strike or knock down; to cause to fall.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hurten (weak in -te/-ed)
infinitive (to) hurten, hurte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hurte hurte, hurted
2nd-person singular hurtest hurtest, hurtedest
3rd-person singular hurteth hurte, hurted
subjunctive singular hurte
imperative singular —
plural1 hurten, hurte hurten, hurte, hurteden, hurtede
imperative plural hurteth, hurte —
participles hurtynge, hurtende hurt, hurted, yhurt

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

Descendants

  • English: hurt
  • Scots: hurt

References

Spanish

Verb

hurten

  1. inflection of hurtar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Welsh

Etymology

hurt (“obtuse, silly”) +‎ -en

Pronunciation

Noun

hurten m (plural hurtynnod or hurtynion, masculine hurtyn, not mutable)

  1. (female) scatterbrain, blockhead

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hurten”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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