bethen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === beðen, beþien (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English beþian, beþþan, from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, from Proto-Germanic *baþjaną; compare bath (“bath”) and bathen (“to bathe”). === Pronunciation === (unlengthened) IPA(key): /ˈbɛðən/ IPA(key): /ˈbɛ̞ːðən/ === Verb === bethen (third-person singular simple present betheth, present participle bethende, bethynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bethed) (chiefly Early Middle English) To bathe; to immerse oneself in water. Synonym: bathen (rare) To immerse wood in a heated bath to soften it. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: beath (dialectal) ==== References ==== “bēthen, -ien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.