comunen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• comone, comoun, communen, comune, comyne, komown
• communy (Kent)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French comuner and comunier; equivalent to comun (“shared, common”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈmiu̯nən/
• (with reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmunən/, /ˈkɔmənən/

Verb

comunen (third-person singular simple present comuneth, present participle comunende, comunynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle comuned)

1. To connect, come together, or join up with:
   1. To partner or associate with.
   2. To communicate with; to talk, especially to disseminate information.
   3. To take counsel or advice from; to confer.
   4. (somewhat euphemistic) To have sex with; to copulate.
2. To share; to have or employ in common.
3. To be similar to; to match or resemble.
4. (Christianity) To administer Holy Communion to.
5. (pathology, rare) To proliferate or expand (of a disease)
6. (property law, rare) To possess the right to use common land.

Conjugation

Conjugation of comunen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) comunen, comune
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	comune	comuned
2nd-person singular	comunest	comunedest
3rd-person singular	comuneth	comuned
subjunctive singular	comune
imperative singular		—
plural1	comunen, comune	comuneden, comunede
imperative plural	comuneth, comune	—
participles	comunynge, comunende	comuned

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: common (obsolete); commune
• Middle Scots: common, commone, commoun, commoune

References

• “commū̆nen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.