knytten

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic *knutjaną, *knuttijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknitən/
  • IPA(key): /ˈknɛtən/ (East Saxon)
  • IPA(key): /ˈknytən/ (Southwest Midland)

Verb

knytten (third-person singular simple present knytteth, present participle knyttynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative knytte, past participle knyt)

  1. To join or fasten; to link together:
    1. To attach or close with a knot; to tie.
    2. To wrap or swaddle; to tie into a bundle.
    3. To incorporate or unite; to make two things into one.
    4. (medicine) To mend or repair (bones, veins, etc.)
    5. (rare) To harden or compress; to make firm.
    6. (rare) To constrain with an agreement.
  2. To engage or involve (oneself or someone in something):
    1. To establish an agreement or compact.
    2. To instill or implant (a quality)
  3. To stop or terminate; to bring to an end.
  4. To be connected, related or united.
  5. (rare) To knit or draw the eyebrows.

Conjugation

Conjugation of knytten (weak in -te/-ed)
infinitive (to) knytten, knytte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular knytte knytte, knytted
2nd-person singular knyttest knyttest, knyttedest
3rd-person singular knytteth knytte, knytted
subjunctive singular knytte
imperative singular —
plural1 knytten, knytte knytten, knytte, knytteden, knyttede
imperative plural knytteth, knytte —
participles knyttynge, knyttende knyt, knytted, yknyt, yknytted

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

Descendants

  • English: knit
  • Scots: knit, knyt

References

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