Runned

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A nonstandard past tense form of the verb meaning to move swiftly on foot, used in place of the standard past tense ran
2. An informal, nonstandard past tense of the verb to run, sometimes heard in casual or dialectal speech in place of ran
3. A colloquial past tense of the verb meaning to move quickly by foot, considered incorrect in standard English where ran is preferred

Etymology: "Runned" is a regularization of the past tense of "run," formed by adding the regular past-tense ending "-ed" to the verb. The standard past tense is "ran," an irregular form inherited from Old English "rinnan" and its past "ran," so "runned" is what happens when speakers apply the regular pattern to a verb that doesn't follow it. Such forms are common in children's speech and in casual or dialect usage, and they are generally considered nonstandard in written English, where "ran" is the expected past tense (and "run" the past participle, as in "had run").