Infinitive
comaunden; to comaunden; comaunde
Participles
| Present | comaundende; comaundynge |
| Past | comaunded; comaund; ycomaunded; ycomaund |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | comaunde |
| 2nd sing. | comaundest |
| 3rd sing. | comaundeth |
| 1st plur. | comaunden; comaunde; comaundeth |
| 2nd plur. | comaunden; comaunde; comaundeth |
| 3rd plur. | comaunden; comaunde; comaundeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | comaunded; comaundede; comaunde |
| 2nd sing. | comaundedest; comaundest |
| 3rd sing. | comaunded; comaundede; comaunde |
| 1st plur. | comaundeden; comaunded; comaundede; comaunden; comaunde |
| 2nd plur. | comaundeden; comaunded; comaundede; comaunden; comaunde |
| 3rd plur. | comaundeden; comaunded; comaundede; comaunden; comaunde |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | comaunde |
| 2nd sing. | comaunde |
| 3rd sing. | comaunde |
Past
| 1st sing. | comaunded; comaundede; comaunde |
| 2nd sing. | comaunded; comaundede; comaunde |
| 3rd sing. | comaunded; comaundede; comaunde |
Imperative
| Singular | comaunde |
| Plural | comaundeth; comaunde |
Etymology
From Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre; doublet of commenden. See: Old French '
comander', Latin '
commando'.
Sample Sentences
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⁊ it was comau[n]did to he[m].· þat þei ſchulde[n] not hirte þe gras of erþe. neþ[er] ony greene þing. neiþ[er] ony tree but oneli men.· þ[a]t han not þe ſigne of god i[n] her forhedis (And they were told that they shouldn't hurt the ground's grass, anything green, or any tree, but only humans that didn't have the sigil of God on their foreheads.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 9:4, folio 120, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010]
Cognates
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