dynen

Danish

Noun

dynen c

1. definite singular of dyne

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, contraction of disieiūnāre. Doublet of dyner, from the same Old French word used substantively.

Alternative forms

• dyne, dinen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnən/

Verb

dynen

2. To eat lunch (the midday meal)
3. To dine; to eat a meal.
4. To eat; to consume food.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Sompners Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     What wol ye dine?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (rare) To feed; to serve food.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dynen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) dynen, dyne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	dyne	dyned
2nd-person singular	dynest	dynedest
3rd-person singular	dyneth	dyned
subjunctive singular	dyne
imperative singular		—
plural1	dynen, dyne	dyneden, dynede
imperative plural	dyneth, dyne	—
participles	dynynge, dynende	dyned

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

Related terms

• dyner

Descendants

• English: dine
• Scots: dine

References

• “dīnen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

dynen

1. Alternative form of dynnen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• dyna

Noun

dynen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of dyne

Etymology 2

Noun

dynen m

1. definite singular of dyne

Swedish

Noun

dynen c

1. definite singular of dyn