joinen

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French joindre, juindre. See join for more.

Verb

joinen (third-person singular simple present joineth, present participle joinende, joinynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle joined)

1. to join (all Early Modern English senses)
   • c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume IV, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, I. Corinthians 7:38, page 351:

     he that joineth his virgin in matrimony

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of joinen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) joinen, joine
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	joine	joined
2nd-person singular	joinest	joinedest
3rd-person singular	joineth	joined
subjunctive singular	joine
imperative singular		—
plural1	joinen, joine	joineden, joinede
imperative plural	joineth, joine	—
participles	joinynge, joinende	joined, yjoined

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

Descendants

• English: join

References

• “joinen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.