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Old English · verb

miþan

Normalised mīþan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class I
IPA: /ˈmiː.θɑn/
[ˈmiː.ðɑn]
Syllables: ˈmiː · θɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: dissemble

Meaning

to hide, conceal, dissemble

Cyriacus hygerune ne mað to Gode cleopode.

Cyriacus did not hide his mind's secret, but cried out to God.

Conjugation

Conjugation of miþan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	mīþe	māþ
2nd singular	mīst	miþe
3rd singular	mīþþ mīþ	māþ
Plural	mīþaþ	miþon
Subjunctive
Singular	mīþe	miþe
Plural	mīþen	miþen

Non-finite forms of miþan
	Form
Infinitive	mīþan
Inflected infinitive	mīþenne
Imperative singular	mīþ
Imperative plural	mīþaþ
Present participle	mīþende
Past participle	miþen ġemiþen

All forms (14)

mīþe
māþ
mīst
miþe
mīþþ
mīþ
mīþaþ
miþon
mīþen
miþen
mīþan
mīþenne
mīþende
ġemiþen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mīþan. Cognate with Old Saxon mīthan (Middle Low German mîden), Dutch mijden, Old High German mīdan (German meiden).

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