sobben

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === sobbe sobbyn (East Anglia) === Etymology === Either borrowed from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”) or onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɔbən/ === Noun === sobben (third-person singular simple present sobbeth, present participle sobbende, sobbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sobbed) (intransitive) To sob or weep; to cry with convulsive breath. (transitive, rare) To say (something) while sobbing. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: sob Middle Scots: sob, sobbe Scots: sab ==== References ==== “sobben, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “sob, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.