ymagynen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor; compare ymage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈmaːd͡ʒinən/, /iˈmad͡ʒinən/

Verb

ymagynen

  1. to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental image.
  2. to believe; to form a belief:
    1. to assume; to make an assumption.
    2. to believe wrongly or fancifully.
    3. to posit; to form a postulate.
  3. to scheme, plot, contrive.
  4. to falsify; to deceitfully make or act.
  5. to think about; to consider (a situation)
  6. (rare) to invent; to learn about.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ymagynen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) ymagynen, ymagyne
present tense past tense
1st-person singular ymagyne ymagyned
2nd-person singular ymagynest ymagynedest
3rd-person singular ymagyneth ymagyned
subjunctive singular ymagyne
imperative singular —
plural1 ymagynen, ymagyne ymagyneden, ymagynede
imperative plural ymagyneth, ymagyne —
participles ymagynynge, ymagynende ymagyned

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

Descendants

  • English: imagine
  • Scots: imaigine

References

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