foryiven
See also: forgiven
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English forġiefan (“to forgive, give up, provide”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageban, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną. See forgive; equivalent to for- + yiven.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editforyiven
- to forgive
Conjugation
editConjugation of foryiven (strong class 5/4)
infinitive | (to) foryiven, foryive | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | foryive | foryaf, foryef | |
2nd-person singular | foryivest | foryeve, foryave, foryaf, foryef | |
3rd-person singular | foryiveth | foryaf, foryef | |
subjunctive singular | foryive | foryeve1, foryave1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | foryiven, foryive | foryeven, foryeve, foryaven, foryave | |
imperative plural | foryiveth, foryive | — | |
participles | foryivynge, foryivende | foryeven, foryeve, foryiven, foryive, foryoven, foryove |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editvia forgiven
References
edit- “foryēven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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