pynden

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pende, peynde, poyne, puinde, pynde

Etymology

Inherited from Old English *pyndan (and derived ġepyndan), from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan; compare pound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːndən/, /ˈpindən/
• (Southern, Western) IPA^(key): /ˈpyːnd(ə)/
• (Kent, East Anglia) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːnd(ə)/, /ˈpɛnd(ə)/

Verb

pynden (third-person singular simple present pyndeth, present participle pyndynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative pynde, past participle pynd)

1. To enclose or confine; to set up boundaries:
   1. (of animals) To shut up in a pound; to impound.
   2. (of people) To jail or imprison.
   3. (figuratively, rare) To check or restrain oneself.
2. (rare, poetic) To pierce or poke.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pynden (weak in -de/in -ed)

infinitive	(to) pynden, pynde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	pynde	pynde, pynded
2nd-person singular	pyndest	pyndest, pyndedest
3rd-person singular	pyndeth	pynde, pynded
subjunctive singular	pynde
imperative singular		—
plural1	pynden, pynde	pynden, pynde, pyndeden, pyndede
imperative plural	pyndeth, pynde	—
participles	pyndynge, pyndende	pynd, pynded, ypynd, ypynded

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: pind (dialectal)
• Middle Scots: poynd, puynd
  • Scots: pund, puind, poind, pynd, pind
  • → English: poind

References

• “pī̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.