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Middle English
- tegh, teiȝen, tey, teye, teyȝe, teyn, teyyn, thyen, tien, tye, tyȝe
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tīeġan, *tēġan, from Proto-West Germanic *taugijan, from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną; equivalent to teye (“cord”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛi̯ən/, /ˈtiːən/, /ˈteː(j)ən/
Verb
teyen (third-person singular simple present teyeth, present participle teyinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle teyed)
- To fasten; to tie as to secure.
- To restrain, limit or shackle (especially by tying)
- To constrain, force, or oblige.
- To make tight or taut.
- To yoke or link together:
- To join or unify (e.g. maritally)
- To tie or make a knot.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) teyen, teye
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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teye
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teyed, teyde
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| 2nd-person singular
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teyest
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teyedest, teydest
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| 3rd-person singular
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teyeth
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teyed, teyde
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| subjunctive singular
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teye
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| imperative singular
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| plural1
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teyen, teye
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teyeden, teyede, teyden, teyde
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| imperative plural
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teyeth, teye
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| participles
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teyinge, teyende
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teyed, teyd, yteyed, yteyd
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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