melten

See also: Melten

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English meltan (strong class 3), from Proto-West Germanic *meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną; reinforced by Old English mieltan, myltan (weak class 1).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛltən/

Verb

melten (third-person singular simple present melteth, present participle meltynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative malt, past participle molten)

  1. To melt (change from solid to liquid):
    1. To blend or fuse (of metal or glass).
    2. (by extension) To dissolve, disperse, or vanish.
  2. To mollify; to repent or become caring:
    1. To cause to repent or become caring.
    2. To weaken; to be sapped of strength.
  3. To decay; to become wasted or decomposed.
  4. (rare) To be heated (of meat).

Conjugation

Conjugation of melten (strong class 3 or weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) melten, melte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular melte malt, melted
2nd-person singular meltest molte, melte, malt, meltedest
3rd-person singular melteth malt, melted
subjunctive singular melte molte1, melte1, melted1
imperative singular —
plural2 melten, melte molten, molte, melten, melte, melteden, meltede
imperative plural melteth, melte —
participles meltynge, meltende molten, molte, melten, melte, melted

1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: melt
  • Scots: melt
  • Yola: multh

References

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