bleten

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === blete bleyte, blætenn (rare) === Etymology === From Old English blǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblɛːtən/ === Verb === bleten (third-person singular simple present bleteth, present participle bletende, bletynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bleted) to bleat ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: bleat Scots: blete, bleit, blate, blait ⇒ Scots: blaitand (present participle) → English: blatant === References === “blēten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.