molden

See also: Molden

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mold +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

molden (third-person singular simple present moldens, present participle moldening, simple past and past participle moldened)

  1. (intransitive) To become covered with mold; become moldy
    • 1857, Mrs. Harriet Ellen (Gramms) Arey, The Home:
      And when the breath he gave it shall have passed,
      The robe will molden, and take other forms,
      But the undying soul will live for aye.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From molde (mold, cast) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːldən/

Verb

molden (third-person singular simple present moldeth, present participle moldende, moldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle molded)

  1. To knead or bake bread.
  2. To knead in ingredients.
  3. (rare) To mold; to shape.

Conjugation

Conjugation of molden (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) molden, molde
present tense past tense
1st-person singular molde molded
2nd-person singular moldest moldedest
3rd-person singular moldeth molded
subjunctive singular molde
imperative singular
plural1 molden, molde moldeden, moldede
imperative plural moldeth, molde
participles moldynge, moldende molded, ymolded

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

Descendants

  • English: mold, mould

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔlːn̩/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlːn̩
  • Hyphenation: mold‧en
  • Homophone: mollen

Noun

molden m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of mold

Spanish

Verb

molden

  1. inflection of moldar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative