"napen" meaning in Middle English

See napen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈnaːpən/
Etymology: From nape (“nape”) + -en (infinitival suffix). First attested in 1440. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|nape|-en|id1=nape|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix|t1=nape}} nape (“nape”) + -en (infinitival suffix), {{etydate|1440}} First attested in 1440 Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} napen, {{enm-verb|stem=nap}} napen (third-person singular simple present napeth, present participle napende, napynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle naped) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|nap}} Forms: napeth [present, singular, third-person], napende [participle, present], napynge [participle, present], naped [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], napen [infinitive], to napen [infinitive], nape [infinitive], nape [first-person, present, singular], naped [first-person, past, singular], napede [first-person, past, singular], napest [present, second-person, singular], napedest [past, second-person, singular], napeth [present, singular, third-person], naped [past, singular, third-person], napede [past, singular, third-person], nape [present, singular, subjunctive], naped [past, singular, subjunctive], napede [past, singular, subjunctive], nape [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], napen [plural, present], nape [plural, present], napeden [past, plural], naped [past, plural], napede [past, plural], napeth [imperative, plural, present], nape [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], napynge [participle, present], napende [participle, present], naped [participle, past], ynaped [participle, past], nape [alternative], nawpe [alternative], napyn [alternative]
  1. (rare) To cut at or through the nape. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-napen-enm-verb-1hoevFWk Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "napende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "napen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to napen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynaped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nawpe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "napen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "nap"
      },
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      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "nap"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut at or through the nape."
      ],
      "id": "en-napen-enm-verb-1hoevFWk",
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare) To cut at or through the nape."
      ],
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        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaːpən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "napen"
}

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      "nape",
      "nape#Middle_English:_nape"
    ],
    [
      "-en",
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      "form": "napeth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "napen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to napen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "naped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynaped",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nape",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nawpe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "args": {
        "stem": "nap"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English rare terms",
        "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
        "Middle English verbs",
        "Middle English weak verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut at or through the nape."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To cut at or through the nape."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaːpən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "napen"
}

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