laughen

== English == === Verb === laughen obsolete past participle of laugh. === Anagrams === Hangeul, han-geul, hangeul == Middle English == === Alternative forms === laghen, laughe, lauȝ, lauȝe, lauȝen, lauȝhe, lawe, lawen, lawghe, lawghen, lawȝe, lawhe, lawhen lahen, lauhwen (Early Middle English); lahhe, lahhen (AB language); lehȝen, lihȝen (Laȝamon's Brut); lahhȝhenn (Ormulum) leighȝen, leiȝe, leyȝe, leygh, liȝe (Buckinghamshire, East Saxon); liyhe, lyȝhe, lyhe (Gloucestershire); leȝȝe, lheȝȝe (Kent) lauȝwe, lauȝwhe, lauȝwhen, lauhe, lauhwhe (West Midland); lawhyn, lawyn (Promptorium Parvulorum) laghe (Northern); lauch, laucht (Early Scots) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hlæhhan, alternative form of hlehhan, hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlau̯xən/, /ˈlaxən/ IPA(key): /ˈlæi̯xən/, /ˈlɛxən/, /ˈlixən/ (Buckinghamshire, East Saxon, Kent, Southern) === Verb === laughen (third-person singular simple present laugheth, present participle laughynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative lough, past participle laughen) To laugh; to break out in laughter. To express glee or joyfulness; to show happiness. (usually with a preposition) To reminisce about; to remember with affection. (rare) To laugh about (an incident or thing). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== laughter laughynge ==== Descendants ==== English: laugh Middle Scots: lauch Scots: lauch Yola: leeigh, leigh ==== References ==== “laughen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 July 2018.