returnen

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

returne, retournen, retornen

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman returner.

Verb[edit]

returnen

to return

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of returnen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) returnen, returne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	returne	returned
2nd-person singular	returnest	returnedest
3rd-person singular	returneth	returned
subjunctive singular	returne	returned
imperative singular	returne	—

plural¹	returnen, returne	returneden, returnede
imperative plural	returneth, returne	—

participles	returnynge, returnende	returned, yreturned

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

Descendants[edit]

English: return
Yola: returnth (past)

References[edit]

“returnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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