melten
See also: Melten
Middle English
Alternative forms
- malte, melt, melte, meltyn
- (early) mealten, melltenn
Etymology
From Old English meltan (strong class 3), from Proto-West Germanic *meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną; reinforced by Old English mieltan, myltan (weak class 1).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛltən/
Verb
melten
- To melt (change from solid to liquid):
- To blend or fuse (of metal or glass).
- (by extension) To dissolve, disperse, or vanish.
- To mollify; to repent or become caring:
- To cause to repent or become caring.
- To weaken; to be sapped of strength.
- To decay; to become wasted or decomposed.
- (rare) To be heated (of meat).
Conjugation
Conjugation of melten (strong class 3 or weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) melten, melte | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | melte | malt, melted | |
2nd-person singular | meltest | molte, melte, malt, meltedest | |
3rd-person singular | melteth | malt, melted | |
subjunctive singular | melte | molte1, melte1, melted1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | melten, melte | molten, molte, melten, melte, melteden, meltede | |
imperative plural | melteth, melte | — | |
participles | meltynge, meltende | molten, molte, melten, melte, melted |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: melt
- Scots: melt
References
- “melten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.