Contionary:meenen

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk mēnen, from Old Skundavisk mēnan, meinian, from Halmisk ᛗᚨᛁᚾᛃᚨᚾ (mainjan), from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

meenen (mixed, third-person singular simple present meent, past tense mende, past participle gemend, past subjunctive mende, auxiliary haven)

  1. to mean, to have in mind
    Hwat meenst thou tharthur ?
    What do you mean by this ?
  2. to mean, to signify
    This meent, that hit unmyglijk is
    This means that it's impossible.

Inflection

infinitive meenen
present participle meenend
past participle gemend
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik meene wi meenen ik meene wi meenen
thou meenst ji meent thou meenst ji meent
hi, si, hit meent si, Si meenen hi, si, hit meene si, Si meenen
preterit ik mende wi menden ik mende wi menden
thou mendest ji mendet thou mendest ji mendet
hi, si, hit mende si, Si menden hi, si, hit mende si, Si menden
imperative meen meent (ji)

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