"ditten" meaning in Middle English

See ditten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈditən/, /ˈdytən/ (note: West Midland)
Etymology: Inherited from Old English dyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną. Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:dyttan}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "ditten", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="ditten">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|dyttan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English dyttan, {{inh+|enm|ang|dyttan}} Inherited from Old English dyttan, {{der|enm|gmw-pro|*duttijan}} Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*duttijaną}} Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:dyttan}} Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} ditten, {{enm-verb|ditteth|dittynge|ditte|dit}} ditten (third-person singular simple present ditteth, present participle dittynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative ditte, past participle dit) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|ditt|c=te|c2=ed}} Forms: ditteth [present, singular, third-person], dittynge [participle, present], ditte [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], dit [participle, past], weak [table-tags], ditten [infinitive], to ditten [infinitive], ditte [infinitive], ditte [first-person, present, singular], ditte [first-person, past, singular], dittest [present, second-person, singular], dittest [past, second-person, singular], ditteth [present, singular, third-person], ditte [past, singular, third-person], ditte [present, singular, subjunctive], ditte [past, singular, subjunctive], ditte [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], ditten [plural, present], ditte [plural, present], ditten [past, plural], ditte [past, plural], ditteth [imperative, plural, present], ditte [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], dittynge [participle, present], dittende [participle, present], dit [participle, past], ydit [participle, past], ditte [alternative], ditt [alternative, Northern], dyt [alternative, Northern], dutte [alternative], dutten [alternative], dittenn [alternative, Ormulum]
  1. (transitive) To fill up, block, or close (a container, cavity, or pit) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ditten-enm-verb-2SL3GH27 Categories (other): Middle English entries referencing missing etymons, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Gaits Disambiguation of Middle English entries referencing missing etymons: 63 22 15 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 65 19 16 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 60 28 13 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 27 22 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 61 21 18 Disambiguation of Gaits: 48 28 24
  2. (transitive) To obstruct or block (an opening, passage or stream) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ditten-enm-verb-SB01d1F4
  3. (transitive) To enclose or seal (someone or something) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ditten-enm-verb-AbGu2rIE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Deception Disambiguation of Deception: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              72,
              77
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          "text": "An Hep of Hermytes. henten heom ſpades. / And doluen drit. ⁊. donge. to dutte Honger oute. / ¶ Blynde and Bedraden. weoꝛe Botned a þouſent",
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      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dittest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dittest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dittynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dittende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ydit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ditt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dyt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dutte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dutten",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dittenn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ormulum"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ditten",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ditteth",
        "2": "dittynge",
        "3": "ditte",
        "4": "dit"
      },
      "expansion": "ditten (third-person singular simple present ditteth, present participle dittynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative ditte, past participle dit)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ditt",
        "c": "te",
        "c2": "ed"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fill up, block, or close (a container, cavity, or pit)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fill up",
          "fill up"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "container",
          "container#English"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity#English"
        ],
        [
          "pit",
          "pit#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fill up, block, or close (a container, cavity, or pit)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obstruct or block (an opening, passage or stream)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening#English"
        ],
        [
          "passage",
          "passage#English"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To obstruct or block (an opening, passage or stream)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              77
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              74,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A heaping of hermits got themselves spades / and scooped dirt and dung to block Hunger; / the blind and bedridden were cured by the thousands.",
          "ref": "c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Passus 7]”, in Petrus plowmon (V, A-text), Worcestershire, published c. 1390, folio 399, recto; republished as Bodleian Library MS. Eng. poet. a. 1, Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
          "text": "An Hep of Hermytes. henten heom ſpades. / And doluen drit. ⁊. donge. to dutte Honger oute. / ¶ Blynde and Bedraden. weoꝛe Botned a þouſent",
          "translation": "A heaping of hermits got themselves spades / and scooped dirt and dung to block Hunger; / the blind and bedridden were cured by the thousands.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enclose or seal (someone or something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enclose",
          "enclose"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone#English"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose or seal (someone or something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈditən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdytən/",
      "note": "West Midland"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ditten"
}

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