malignen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• maligne, malingne, malygne, malyngne

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman malignier, from Late Latin malignāre; equivalent to maligne +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈliːnən/, /maˈli(n)ɡnən/

Verb

malignen (third-person singular simple present maligneth, present participle malignende, malignynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle maligned)

1. To wrong; to abuse.
2. To malign; to slander.
3. (rare) To have distaste.

Conjugation

Conjugation of malignen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) malignen, maligne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	maligne	maligned
2nd-person singular	malignest	malignedest
3rd-person singular	maligneth	maligned
subjunctive singular	maligne
imperative singular		—
plural1	malignen, maligne	maligneden, malignede
imperative plural	maligneth, maligne	—
participles	malignynge, malignende	maligned, ymaligned

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

Descendants

• English: malign
• Scots: maling (obsolete)

References

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