vlehten

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German flëhtan (Strong Class IIIb), from Proto-West Germanic *flehtan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvlɛxtən/, /ˈflɛxtən/

Verb

vlëhten (class 4 strong, third-person singular present vlihtet, past tense vlaht, past participle gevlohten, past subjunctive vlæhte, auxiliary hān)

  1. to weave, to plait

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: flechten (Strong Class III)

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “vlëhten”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel