Infinitive
suffisen; to suffisen; suffise
Participles
| Present | suffisende; suffisynge |
| Past | suffised; ysuffised |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | suffise |
| 2nd sing. | suffisest |
| 3rd sing. | suffiseth |
| 1st plur. | suffisen; suffise; suffiseth |
| 2nd plur. | suffisen; suffise; suffiseth |
| 3rd plur. | suffisen; suffise; suffiseth |
Past
| 1st sing. | suffised; suffisede |
| 2nd sing. | suffisedest |
| 3rd sing. | suffised; suffisede |
| 1st plur. | suffiseden; suffised; suffisede |
| 2nd plur. | suffiseden; suffised; suffisede |
| 3rd plur. | suffiseden; suffised; suffisede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | suffise |
| 2nd sing. | suffise |
| 3rd sing. | suffise |
Past
| 1st sing. | suffised; suffisede |
| 2nd sing. | suffised; suffisede |
| 3rd sing. | suffised; suffisede |
Imperative
| Singular | suffise |
| Plural | suffiseth; suffise |
Verbs conjugated like suffisen
synnen,
syften,
serven,
snoren,
snesen,
sighen,
skewen,
wondren,
symulen,
blosmen,
blissen,
suffisen,
blessen,
damagen,
daunten,
dauncen,
gamenen,
plukken,
wratthen,
snarken, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Middle French souffire and Anglo-Norman suffiser, sufficer, from Old French sofire, from Latin sufficiō (“to supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). See: Anglo-Norman '
suffiser', Latin '
sufficiō'.
Verbs referencing "suffisen"
English
suffice.
Sample Sentences
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For Nature wolde nat ſuffyſe / To non erthly creature / Not longe tyme to endure / Without ſlepe & be yn ſorwe / And I ne may ne nyght ne morwe / Slepe […] (For Nature will not allow / Any earthly creature / To survive for long / Without sleep, and sorrowing; / And yet I cannot, by night or morning, / Sleep, […]) [c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1450–1475 in Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 638, folio 110v]
Cognates
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