"moten" meaning in Middle English

See moten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} moten
  1. Alternative form of motoun Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: motoun
    Sense id: en-moten-enm-noun-fqIzp0OQ Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 13 13 14 13 23 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈmoːtən/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English mōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to have to}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|mōtan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English mōtan, {{inh+|enm|ang|mōtan}} Inherited from Old English mōtan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*mōtan}} Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mōtaną}} Proto-Germanic *mōtaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} moten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-irr|mot|most|1a=moste|2s2=mostest|3a=most|4=most|i=0}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], - [infinitive], mot [first-person, present, singular], moste [first-person, present, singular], moste [first-person, past, singular], most [present, second-person, singular], mostest [present, second-person, singular], mostest [past, second-person, singular], mot [present, singular, third-person], moste [present, singular, third-person], moste [past, singular, third-person], mote [present, singular, subjunctive], moste [present, singular, subjunctive], moste [past, singular, subjunctive], - [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], moten [plural, present], mote [plural, present], mosten [plural, present], moste [plural, present], mosten [past, plural], moste [past, plural], - [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], - [participle, present], - [participle, past]
  1. To have or need to; must. Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-moten-enm-verb-OceQJtjp Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 13 13 14 13 23 4
  2. To feel strongly obliged to; should (really). Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-moten-enm-verb-aq0IP2fc Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 13 13 14 13 23 4
  3. To be able to; might, can. Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-moten-enm-verb-FGi5Ayqw Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 13 13 14 13 23 4
  4. To be permitted to; may, can. Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-moten-enm-verb-lDLJccJH Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 13 13 14 13 23 4
  5. To be about to or going to; will, shall. Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-moten-enm-verb-sot-mWCK Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 24 9 12 13 8 31 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 19 13 13 14 13 23 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈmoːtən/
Etymology: From Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet, encounter”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną, a denominative of *mōtą (“meeting”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to speak}}, {{inh|enm|ang|mōtian||to speak, converse, discuss}} Old English mōtian (“to speak, converse, discuss”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*mōtijan||to meet, encounter}} Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet, encounter”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mōtijaną}} Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} moten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mot}} Forms: weak [table-tags], moten [infinitive], to moten [infinitive], mote [infinitive], mote [first-person, present, singular], moted [first-person, past, singular], motest [present, second-person, singular], motedest [past, second-person, singular], moteth [present, singular, third-person], moted [past, singular, third-person], mote [present, singular, subjunctive], moted [past, singular, subjunctive], mote [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], moten [plural, present], mote [plural, present], moteden [past, plural], motede [past, plural], moteth [imperative, plural, present], mote [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], motynge [participle, present], motende [participle, present], moted [participle, past], ymoted [participle, past]
  1. to speak, talk, say
    Sense id: en-moten-enm-verb-Y38-6ogk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
          "expansion": "English: mote",
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      "text": "English: mote; must"
    },
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          "expansion": "Scots: mote, mat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: mote, mat; most"
    },
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
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        "tr": "",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mostest",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "moste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moste",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mosten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "i": "0"
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    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "19 13 13 14 13 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "And certainly, if it weren't too long to hear / I would have told you the manner / How the realm of Femeny was won / By Theseus and by his chivalry, […] / But I must leave all that alone for now.",
          "ref": "c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales, lines 875–877, 885:",
          "text": "And ceꝛtes, if it neꝛe too long to heeꝛe, / I wold have told you fully the manneꝛe / How wonnen was the regne of Femenye / By Theſeus and by his chivalrye,[…] / But all that thing I mot as now foꝛbeꝛe.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To have or need to; must."
      ],
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          "have",
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        [
          "need",
          "need"
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          "must",
          "must"
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          "_dis": "19 13 13 14 13 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To feel strongly obliged to; should (really)."
      ],
      "id": "en-moten-enm-verb-aq0IP2fc",
      "links": [
        [
          "should",
          "should"
        ],
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ]
      ],
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "19 13 13 14 13 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be able to; might, can."
      ],
      "id": "en-moten-enm-verb-FGi5Ayqw",
      "links": [
        [
          "might",
          "might"
        ],
        [
          "can",
          "can"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be permitted to; may, can."
      ],
      "id": "en-moten-enm-verb-lDLJccJH",
      "links": [
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ],
        [
          "can",
          "can"
        ]
      ],
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 9 12 13 8 31 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 13 13 14 13 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be about to or going to; will, shall."
      ],
      "id": "en-moten-enm-verb-sot-mWCK",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "going",
          "going"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːtən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moten"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mote",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymoted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to speak, talk, say"
      ],
      "id": "en-moten-enm-verb-Y38-6ogk",
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          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːtən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moten"
}

{
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          "english": "And certainly, if it weren't too long to hear / I would have told you the manner / How the realm of Femeny was won / By Theseus and by his chivalry, […] / But I must leave all that alone for now.",
          "ref": "c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales, lines 875–877, 885:",
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      "form": "motynge",
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