wimplen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wimplin, wymple
Etymology
From wympel (“a veil, cover, hood”) + -en; compare Middle Dutch wimpelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwimplən/
Verb
wimplen (third-person singular simple present wimpleth, present participle wimplende, simple past and past participle wimpled)
- To conceal (especially with a headcovering or wimple)
- With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and mis-meninge people skleren and wimplen their errours. — Testament of Love, Thomas Usk
- (rare) To enter into a ritual involving the wimple being put upon oneself.
- Rea entred into relegioun, For to be wympled in that hooli hous Sacred to Vesta ... duryng al hir liff. — Fall of Princes, John Lydgate, c1439
- (rare) To bend or wrap over itself; to cover while folding.
- Take soft lynnen cloth & wrape and wymple it togeder and lay it ouer þe wound — Medical Recipes, c1450
Conjugation
Conjugation of wimplen (weak)
| infinitive | (to) wimplen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | wimple | wimplede |
| 2nd person singular | wimplest | wimpledest |
| 3rd person singular | wimpleth, wimpleþ | wimplede |
| plural | wimplen | wimpleden |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | wimple | wimplede |
| plural | wimplen | wimpleden |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | wimple | |
| plural | wimpleth, wimpleþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| wimplende, wimplinge | wimpled, ywimpled | |
Descendants
- English: wimple
References
- “wimplen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-19.