recetten

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman recetter, from Latin receptāre; by surface analysis, recet (“refuge”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛːˈsɛtən/, /rɛˈsɛtən/
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛsɛtən/ (possibly, with shift of stress)

Verb

recetten (third-person singular simple present recetteth, present participle recettende, recettynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle recetted)

  1. To shelter or provide refuge, especially to a criminal or fugitive.
  2. (rare) To accept, welcome, or receive (a person or thing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of recetten (weak in -ed/-te)
infinitive (to) recetten, recette
present tense past tense
1st-person singular recette recetted, recette
2nd-person singular recettest recettedest, recettest
3rd-person singular recetteth recetted, recette
subjunctive singular recette
imperative singular —
plural1 recetten, recette recetteden, recettede, recetten, recette
imperative plural recetteth, recette —
participles recettynge, recettende recetted, recet, yrecetted, yrecet

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

Descendants

  • Early Modern English: reset
  • Middle Scots: resett, resset

References

Swedish

Noun

recetten

  1. definite singular of recett
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