becweþan
Old English
editAlternative forms
edit- becweðan — edh spelling
Etymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbecweþan
Conjugation
editConjugation of becweþan (strong class 5)
infinitive | becweþan | becweþenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | becweþe | becwæþ |
second person singular | becwist | becwǣde |
third person singular | becwiþþ, becwiþ | becwæþ |
plural | becweþaþ | becwǣdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | becweþe | becwǣde |
plural | becweþen | becwǣden |
imperative | ||
singular | becweþ | |
plural | becweþaþ | |
participle | present | past |
becweþende | becweden |
Descendants
edit- Middle English: biquethen, beqwethen, be-qwethyn, biquethe, biqueþen, byquethe, bi-queðen
- English: bequeath
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BECWEÐAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BECWEÞAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.