pynden

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English *pyndan (and derived ġepyndan), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan; compare pound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːndən/, /ˈpindən/
  • (Southern, Western) IPA(key): /ˈpyːnd(ə)/
  • (Kent, East Anglia) IPA(key): /ˈpeːnd(ə)/, /ˈpɛnd(ə)/

Verb

pynden (third-person singular simple present pyndeth, present participle pyndynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative pynde, past participle pynd)

  1. To enclose or confine; to set up boundaries:
    1. (of animals) To shut up in a pound; to impound.
    2. (of people) To jail or imprison.
    3. (figuratively, rare) To check or restrain oneself.
  2. (rare, poetic) To pierce or poke.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pynden (weak in -de/in -ed)
infinitive (to) pynden, pynde
present tense past tense
1st-person singular pynde pynde, pynded
2nd-person singular pyndest pyndest, pyndedest
3rd-person singular pyndeth pynde, pynded
subjunctive singular pynde
imperative singular —
plural1 pynden, pynde pynden, pynde, pyndeden, pyndede
imperative plural pyndeth, pynde —
participles pyndynge, pyndende pynd, pynded, ypynd, ypynded

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

Descendants

  • English: pind (dialectal)
  • Middle Scots: poynd, puynd

References

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