pynen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English pīnian, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, from *pīnā (“pain, torture”); by surface analysis, pyne (“torture, torment”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix). Compare peynen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːnən/

Verb

pynen (third-person singular simple present pyneth, present participle pynende, pynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle pyned)

  1. To hurt; to inflict (physical) injury:
    1. To torment or torture; to injure punitively.
    2. To injure oneself as penitence.
    3. To waste away; to starve or exhaust.
  2. To trouble or anguish; to cause distress.
  3. To undergo injury; to suffer.
  4. (rare, reflexive) To strive or exert (oneself)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pynen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) pynen, pyne
present tense past tense
1st-person singular pyne pyned
2nd-person singular pynest pynedest
3rd-person singular pyneth pyned
subjunctive singular pyne
imperative singular —
plural1 pynen, pyne pyneden, pynede
imperative plural pyneth, pyne —
participles pynynge, pynende pyned, ypyned

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: pine
  • Middle Scots: pyne

References

Etymology 2

Noun

pynen

  1. plural of pyne (“pain, torture”)
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