ryngen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ringe, ringen, ringue, rynge, ryngyn ringenn (Ormulum) ryng (Northeast Midland or Late Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hrinġan (weak class 1), from Proto-West Germanic *hringijan, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną. The pronunciation with /ɡ/ is due to levelling from the Old English past tense hringde, while the inflection as a strong class 3 verb is from analogy with verbs such as singen and spryngen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrinɡən/, /ˈriːnɡən/ === Verb === ryngen (third-person singular simple present ryngeth, present participle ryngynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative rong, past participle rongen) (intransitive) To ring (resound like a bell): To be filled with ringing or reverberation. To echo or reverberate throughout. (rare) To be signalled or announced with ringing. (usually transitive) To ring (cause to resound like a bell): To produce a sound by ringing. To signal or announce with ringing. (figuratively) To disclose, announce, or proclaim. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is mostly a strong verb in Middle English; the etymological weak inflection is retained in Laȝamon's Brut (Cotton Caligula A.9) and may have persisted in some varieties as ringed is amply attested in Early Modern English, though this could be a reinnovation. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: ring Middle Scots: ring, ryng Scots: ring ==== References ==== “ringen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “ring, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.