droupen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse drúpa, from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, collateral form of *dreupaną. Doublet of drepen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdruːpən/

Verb

droupen (third-person singular simple present droupeth, present participle droupende, droupynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle drouped)

  1. To droop; to hang downwards.
  2. To drop, fall, or lower; to move downwards.
  3. To be distraught or grieving; to lament.
  4. To retreat or crouch in terror.

Conjugation

Conjugation of droupen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) droupen, droupe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular droupe drouped
2nd-person singular droupest droupedest
3rd-person singular droupeth drouped
subjunctive singular droupe
imperative singular —
plural1 droupen, droupe droupeden, droupede
imperative plural droupeth, droupe —
participles droupynge, droupende drouped, ydrouped

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

Descendants

  • English: droop
  • Middle Scots: droup

References

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