"mithen" meaning in Middle English

See mithen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmiːðən/
Etymology: From Old English mīþan (“to hide, conceal; keep to oneself, dissemble; conceal oneself, remain concealed; avoid, shun, refrain from”). Cognate with Dutch mijden (“to avoid, evade”), German meiden (“to avoid, shun, forbear”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|mīþan||to hide, conceal; keep to oneself, dissemble; conceal oneself, remain concealed; avoid, shun, refrain from}} Old English mīþan (“to hide, conceal; keep to oneself, dissemble; conceal oneself, remain concealed; avoid, shun, refrain from”), {{cog|nl|mijden||to avoid, evade}} Dutch mijden (“to avoid, evade”), {{cog|de|meiden||to avoid, shun, forbear}} German meiden (“to avoid, shun, forbear”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} mithen, {{enm-verb|stem=mith}} mithen (third-person singular simple present mitheth, present participle mithende, mithynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mithed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|mith}} Forms: mitheth [present, singular, third-person], mithende [participle, present], mithynge [participle, present], mithed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], mithen [infinitive], to mithen [infinitive], mithe [infinitive], mithe [first-person, present, singular], mithed [first-person, past, singular], mithest [present, second-person, singular], mithedest [past, second-person, singular], mitheth [present, singular, third-person], mithed [past, singular, third-person], mithe [present, singular, subjunctive], mithed [past, singular, subjunctive], mithe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], mithen [plural, present], mithe [plural, present], mitheden [past, plural], mithede [past, plural], mitheth [imperative, plural, present], mithe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], mithynge [participle, present], mithende [participle, present], mithed [participle, past], ymithed [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) To avoid; shun; evade. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mithen-enm-verb-c7psCeUd
  2. (transitive) To escape the notice of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mithen-enm-verb-bweXtruV
  3. (transitive) To conceal; dissemble (feelings, etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mithen-enm-verb-kBJJ1nqL Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 62 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 14 47 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 75 10
  4. (intransitive) To remain concealed; escape notice Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-mithen-enm-verb-ThqK04rH

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mitheth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "to mithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitheden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "head": ""
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    }
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To avoid; shun; evade."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "avoid",
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        [
          "shun",
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          "evade",
          "evade"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To avoid; shun; evade."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To escape the notice of."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
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          "notice",
          "notice"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To escape the notice of."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "ca 1300, Cursor Mundi, line 10942"
        },
        {
          "text": "Þof þat þai mournand were, Þai mithed it mikel wit þair chere (\"Though they were mouning, they hid it much with their cheer\". See also this version.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To conceal; dissemble (feelings, etc.)."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "dissemble",
          "dissemble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To conceal; dissemble (feelings, etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain concealed; escape notice"
      ],
      "id": "en-mithen-enm-verb-ThqK04rH",
      "links": [
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To remain concealed; escape notice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mithen"
}
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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      "args": {
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mitheth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithynge",
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    {
      "form": "mithed",
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    {
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to mithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitheden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mitheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymithed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "mithen (third-person singular simple present mitheth, present participle mithende, mithynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle mithed)",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid; shun; evade."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "shun",
          "shun"
        ],
        [
          "evade",
          "evade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To avoid; shun; evade."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To escape the notice of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "notice",
          "notice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To escape the notice of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ca 1300, Cursor Mundi, line 10942"
        },
        {
          "text": "Þof þat þai mournand were, Þai mithed it mikel wit þair chere (\"Though they were mouning, they hid it much with their cheer\". See also this version.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To conceal; dissemble (feelings, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "dissemble",
          "dissemble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To conceal; dissemble (feelings, etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain concealed; escape notice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To remain concealed; escape notice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mithen"
}

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