dereynen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman dereiner (continental Old French deraisnier, desraisnier), from Late Latin dēratiōnō, dēratiōnāre; by surface analysis, dereyne (“combat”) +‎ -en (infinitive suffix). Compare areynen (“to arraign”).

The Early Scots form with /ɲ/ is probably from a Old French collateral form desraignier, desreignier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈræi̯nən/, /dɛˈrɛːnən/, /dɛː-/, /da-/
  • IPA(key): /dɛˈrɛːɲ(ə)/ (Early Scots)

Verb

dereynen (third-person singular simple present dereyneth, present participle dereynende, dereynynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle dereyned)

  1. (ambitransitive) To fight for; to contest in battle:
    1. To support a cause or claim in battle.
    2. To claim through fighting; to fight to obtain.
  2. (ambitransitive) To determine or prove by combat.
  3. (intransitive) To fight in a battle; to war.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dereynen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) dereynen, dereyne
present tense past tense
1st-person singular dereyne dereyned
2nd-person singular dereynest dereynedest
3rd-person singular dereyneth dereyned
subjunctive singular dereyne
imperative singular —
plural1 dereynen, dereyne dereyneden, dereynede
imperative plural dereyneth, dereyne —
participles dereynynge, dereynende dereyned

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: deraign (obsolete)

References

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