returnen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- returne, retournen, retornen
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman returner.
Verb
returnen
- to return
Conjugation
Conjugation of returnen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) returnen, returne | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | returne | returned | |
2nd-person singular | returnest | returnedest | |
3rd-person singular | returneth | returned | |
subjunctive singular | returne | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | returnen, returne | returneden, returnede | |
imperative plural | returneth, returne | — | |
participles | returnynge, returnende | returned, yreturned |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: return
- Yola: returnth (past)
References
- “returnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.