tithen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === teþen, teythe, tiþe, tiþen, tythe, tythen teðien, teoheði, teouðen, teþege, tiheðe (Early Middle English) tyþin (East Anglia) === Etymology === From Old English tēoþian, teogoþian; equivalent to tithe +‎ -en (infinitival suffix); in the "decimate" sense, perhaps a semantic loan from Latin decimāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteːðən/, /ˈtiːðən/ === Verb === tithen (third-person singular simple present titheth, present participle tithende, tithynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tithed) To tithe (give a tithe) To tithe (give as a tithe) To decimate (kill one or nine in ten) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: tithe ==== References ==== “tīthen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.