molden

See also: Molden

English

Alternative forms

• moulden

Etymology

From mold +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

molden (third-person singular simple present moldens, present participle moldening, simple past and past participle moldened)

1. (intransitive) To become covered with mold; become moldy
   • 1857, Mrs. Harriet Ellen (Gramms) Arey, The Home:

     And when the breath he gave it shall have passed,
     The robe will molden, and take other forms,
     But the undying soul will live for aye.

Anagrams

• Lemond, Meldon, dolmen, old men, old-men, oldmen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mold, molde, moolde

Etymology

From molde (“mold, cast”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːldən/

Verb

molden (third-person singular simple present moldeth, present participle moldende, moldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle molded)

1. To knead or bake bread.
2. To knead in ingredients.
3. (rare) To mold; to shape.

Conjugation

Conjugation of molden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) molden, molde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	molde	molded
2nd-person singular	moldest	moldedest
3rd-person singular	moldeth	molded
subjunctive singular	molde
imperative singular		—
plural1	molden, molde	moldeden, moldede
imperative plural	moldeth, molde	—
participles	moldynge, moldende	molded, ymolded

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

Descendants

• English: mold, mould

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• molda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔlːn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlːn̩
• Hyphenation: mold‧en
• Homophone: mollen

Noun

molden m or f

1. definite masculine singular of mold

Spanish

Verb

molden

1. inflection of moldar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative