Middle English Dictionary Entry
-(e)d suf.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | -(e)d suf.(2) Also -et, -it, -t. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Inflectional suffix.
1.
Forming the past participle of weak verbs, reduced to -d in later ME: e.g. dēm-ed [OE dēm-ed], lǒv-ed [OE ge-)luf-od], blāmed [OF bla(s)m-é], shāp-ed beside earlier shāp-en [OE sceap-en].
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2.
Reduced form of -ede, forming the past tense of weak verbs; in later ME further reduced to -d.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: This is a brief treatment of a complex subject. It needs to be made into a full-blown entry and to deal explicitly with the development of forms in -et, -it, as well as -t and -d--per REL.