hunten

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English huntian, from Proto-Germanic *huntōn, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuntən/

Verb

hunten (third-person singular simple present hunteth, present participle huntende, huntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hunted)

  1. To hunt (search for an animal for meat or sport)
  2. To hunt down; to pursue with enmity or ferocity.
  3. To pursue or strive towards [with after]
  4. (rare) To fish; to catch fish.
  5. (rare) To hunt in (a particular area)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hunten (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) hunten, hunte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hunte hunted
2nd-person singular huntest huntedest
3rd-person singular hunteth hunted
subjunctive singular hunte
imperative singular
plural1 hunten, hunte hunteden, huntede
imperative plural hunteth, hunte
participles huntynge, huntende hunted, yhunted

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

Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: hunt
  • Middle Scots: hunt, hount
  • Yola: hint
References

Etymology 2

Noun

hunten

  1. (Early Middle English) plural of hunte