dancen

English

Etymology

From Middle English dauncen, equivalent to dance +‎ -en.

Verb

dancen

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of dance
   • a. 1561, The Contest of the Ivy and the Holly:

     Holly and his merry men, they dancen and they sing;
     Ivy and her maidens, they weepen and they wring.

   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender:

     Whereto they dauncen eche one with his mayd.

   • 1633, Phineas Fletcher, Eclogue I. Amyntas.:

     Here to my pipe they dancen on a row:

Anagrams

• canned, nanced

Galician

Verb

dancen

1. inflection of danzar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Spanish

Verb

dancen

1. inflection of danzar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative