knowen – Middle English verb conjugation

Middle English verb forms of knowen

Infinitive

knowen; to knowen; knowe

Participles

Presentknowynge; knowende
Pastknowen; knowe; yknowen; yknowe

Indicative

Present

1st sing.knowe
2nd sing.knowest
3rd sing.knoweth
1st plur.knowen; knowe; knoweth
2nd plur.knowen; knowe; knoweth
3rd plur.knowen; knowe; knoweth

Past

1st sing.knew
2nd sing.knewe
3rd sing.knew
1st plur.knewen; knewe
2nd plur.knewen; knewe
3rd plur.knewen; knewe

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.knowe
2nd sing.knowe
3rd sing.knowe

Past

1st sing.knewe
2nd sing.knewe
3rd sing.knewe

Imperative

Singularknowe
Pluralknoweth; knowe

Verbs conjugated like knowen

knowen,

Etymology

From Old English cnāwan (“to know, recognise, perceive”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan.

Verbs referencing "knowen"

English know.

Sample Sentences

  • […]þou ſchalt heꝛe fro heuene: þat is fro þin hiȝe dwellyng place and do þou meꝛcy and ȝelde þou to ech man aftir hiſe weies whiche þou knowiſt þat he haþ in his heꝛte for þou aloone knowiſt þe heꝛtis of þe ſones of men (, then you should hear from heaven, i.e. from your lofty place of residence. Forgive, and treat any individual according to their actions, which you know what their hearts contain, because only you know the hearts of humanity.) [a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “2 Paralipomenon 6:30”, in Wycliffe's Bible:]
  • […]for as to me I ded to hym no displeaſyre / and god knoweth I am ful ſory for hys diſeaſe and malady / Soo when the king had excuſed him / they were frendes[…] (Because about myself, I didn't do any attacks on him, and God knows that I'm totally distressed about his disease and malady. So when the king had excused him (they were friends) […]) [1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book IX, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, lines 28-31:]

Cognates

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