fawnen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fagnen, fauhnen, faunen, fawenen, fawne, fawnyn
Etymology
From Old English fagnian, fæġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *faganōn, from Proto-Germanic *faganōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfau̯nən/
Verb
fawnen
- (of animals) To express affection (e.g. a dog wagging its tail).
- (of animals) To express affection towards (someone).
- To fawn; to seek favour through flattery.
- (rare) To stroke (a pet)
Conjugation
Conjugation of fawnen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) fawnen, fawne | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | fawne | fawned | |
2nd-person singular | fawnest | fawnedest | |
3rd-person singular | fawneth | fawned | |
subjunctive singular | fawne | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | fawnen, fawne | fawneden, fawnede | |
imperative plural | fawneth, fawne | — | |
participles | fawnynge, fawnende | fawned, yfawned |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms
- fawnynge
Descendants
- English: fawn
References
- “faunen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.