Infinitive
laughen; to laughen; laughe
Participles
| Present | laughynge; laughende |
| Past | laughen; laughe; laughed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | laughe |
| 2nd sing. | laughest |
| 3rd sing. | laugheth |
| 1st plur. | laughen; laughe; laugheth |
| 2nd plur. | laughen; laughe; laugheth |
| 3rd plur. | laughen; laughe; laugheth |
Past
| 1st sing. | lough; low; laughed; laughede |
| 2nd sing. | lowe; laughedest |
| 3rd sing. | lough; low; laughed; laughede |
| 1st plur. | lowen; lowe; laugheden; laughed; laughede |
| 2nd plur. | lowen; lowe; laugheden; laughed; laughede |
| 3rd plur. | lowen; lowe; laugheden; laughed; laughede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | laughe |
| 2nd sing. | laughe |
| 3rd sing. | laughe |
Past
| 1st sing. | lowe; laughed; laughede |
| 2nd sing. | lowe; laughed; laughede |
| 3rd sing. | lowe; laughed; laughede |
Imperative
| Singular | laughe |
| Plural | laugheth; laughe |
Verbs conjugated like laughen
laughen,
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hlæhhan, alternative form of hlehhan, hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*hlahjaną'.
Verbs referencing "laughen"
English
laugh.
Sample Sentences
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But right anon the worthy Knyght bigan / whan that he saugh that al the peple lough: / "Namoore of this, for it is right ynough! (But right away the worthy Knight started / when he saw that all the people laughed: / "No more of this, because that's enough!) [a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 961–963:]
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And Venus laugheth upon every wight / For Januarie was bicome hir knyght (And Venus laughs about every person / As January has become her knight) [a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Merchant's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1723–1724:]
Cognates
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