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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sċrīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban.
Pronunciation
Verb
shryven
- To confess, admit one's sins, shrive.
- To confess or admit in other contexts.
- To listen to or hear the sacrament of confession.
- To impose either penance or absolution in response to a confession.
- (usually in translation) To give thanks to God.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) shryven, shryve
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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shryve
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shrof
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| 2nd-person singular
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shryvest
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shrove, shryve, shreve, shrof
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| 3rd-person singular
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shryveth
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shrof
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| subjunctive singular
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shryve
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shrove1, shryve1, shreve1
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| imperative singular
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—
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| plural2
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shryven, shryve
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shroven, shrove, shryven, shryve, shreven, shreve
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| imperative plural
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shryveth, shryve
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| participles
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shryvynge, shryvende
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shryven, shryve, shreven, shreve
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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