taunen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === thaunen tawwnenn (Ormulum) === Etymology === Either formed in Middle English from at- +‎ aunen, possibly as a calque from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch tônen, or from a lost Old Norse verb *taugna cognate to *taugnōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtau̯nən/ === Verb === taunen (third-person singular simple present tauneth, present participle taunende, taunynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tauned) (rare) To show or demonstrate. (reflexive) To show up; to reveal oneself. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== References ==== “taunen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. Burchfield, Robert (1962), “tawwnenn”, in “Ormulum: Words copied by Jan van Vliet from parts now lost”, in Norman Davis, C. L. Wrenn, editors, English and Medieval Studies, Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday‎[1], London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, page 102.