"tithen" meaning in Middle English

See tithen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈteːðən/, /ˈtiːðən/
Etymology: From Old English tēoþian, teogoþian; equivalent to tithe + -en (infinitival suffix); in the "decimate" sense, perhaps a semantic loan from Latin decimāre. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tēoþian}} Old English tēoþian, {{af|enm|tithe|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} tithe + -en (infinitival suffix), {{semantic loan|enm|la|decimo|alt=decimāre|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Latin decimāre Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} tithen, {{enm-verb|stem=tith}} tithen (third-person singular simple present titheth, present participle tithende, tithynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tithed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|tith}} Forms: titheth [present, singular, third-person], tithende [participle, present], tithynge [participle, present], tithed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], tithen [infinitive], to tithen [infinitive], tithe [infinitive], tithe [first-person, present, singular], tithed [first-person, past, singular], tithede [first-person, past, singular], tithest [present, second-person, singular], tithedest [past, second-person, singular], titheth [present, singular, third-person], tithed [past, singular, third-person], tithede [past, singular, third-person], tithe [present, singular, subjunctive], tithed [past, singular, subjunctive], tithede [past, singular, subjunctive], tithe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], tithen [plural, present], tithe [plural, present], titheden [past, plural], tithed [past, plural], tithede [past, plural], titheth [imperative, plural, present], tithe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], tithynge [participle, present], tithende [participle, present], tithed [participle, past], ytithed [participle, past], teþen [alternative], teythe [alternative], tiþe [alternative], tiþen [alternative], tythe [alternative], tythen [alternative], teðien [alternative, Early-Middle-English], teoheði [alternative, Early-Middle-English], teouðen [alternative, Early-Middle-English], teþege [alternative, Early-Middle-English], tiheðe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], tyþin [alternative, East-Anglia]
  1. To tithe (give a tithe)
    Sense id: en-tithen-enm-verb-Eb5lxtQN Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Taxation, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 34 34 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Taxation: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Violence: 34 33 33
  2. To tithe (give as a tithe)
    Sense id: en-tithen-enm-verb-VhS3TFEn Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Taxation, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 34 34 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Taxation: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Violence: 34 33 33
  3. To decimate (kill one or nine in ten)
    Sense id: en-tithen-enm-verb-rNlxORvX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Taxation, Ten, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 34 34 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Taxation: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Ten: 29 28 42 Disambiguation of Violence: 34 33 33

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "tithe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tēoþian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tēoþian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tithe",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "infinitival",
        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "tithe + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "decimo",
        "alt": "decimāre",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from Latin decimāre",
      "name": "semantic loan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tēoþian, teogoþian; equivalent to tithe + -en (infinitival suffix); in the \"decimate\" sense, perhaps a semantic loan from Latin decimāre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "titheth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to tithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titheden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ytithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teþen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teythe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiþen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tythe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tythen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teðien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teoheði",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teouðen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teþege",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiheðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tyþin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tithen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "tith"
      },
      "expansion": "tithen (third-person singular simple present titheth, present participle tithende, tithynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tithed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tith"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Taxation",
          "orig": "enm:Taxation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To tithe (give a tithe)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tithen-enm-verb-Eb5lxtQN",
      "links": [
        [
          "tithe",
          "tithe"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give#English"
        ],
        [
          "tithe",
          "tithe#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Taxation",
          "orig": "enm:Taxation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To tithe (give as a tithe)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tithen-enm-verb-VhS3TFEn",
      "links": [
        [
          "tithe",
          "tithe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Taxation",
          "orig": "enm:Taxation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 28 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Ten",
          "orig": "enm:Ten",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decimate (kill one or nine in ten)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tithen-enm-verb-rNlxORvX",
      "links": [
        [
          "decimate",
          "decimate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteːðən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tithen"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English semantic loans from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Taxation",
    "enm:Ten",
    "enm:Violence"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "tithe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tēoþian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tēoþian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "tithe",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "infinitival",
        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "tithe + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "decimo",
        "alt": "decimāre",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from Latin decimāre",
      "name": "semantic loan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tēoþian, teogoþian; equivalent to tithe + -en (infinitival suffix); in the \"decimate\" sense, perhaps a semantic loan from Latin decimāre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "titheth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to tithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titheden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "titheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ytithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teþen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teythe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiþe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiþen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tythe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tythen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teðien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teoheði",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teouðen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teþege",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiheðe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tyþin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tithen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "tith"
      },
      "expansion": "tithen (third-person singular simple present titheth, present participle tithende, tithynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tithed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tith"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To tithe (give a tithe)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tithe",
          "tithe"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give#English"
        ],
        [
          "tithe",
          "tithe#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To tithe (give as a tithe)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tithe",
          "tithe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To decimate (kill one or nine in ten)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decimate",
          "decimate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteːðən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tithen"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tithen meaning in Middle English (5.4kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.