quethen
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -iːðən
Verb
editquethen
- past participle of quethe
Middle English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old English cweþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną; a cognate of Middle Low German queden, Middle Dutch quēden, Middle High German quëden, and Old Swedish kvæþa.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editquethen (third-person singular simple present quetheth, present participle quethynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative quath, past participle quethen)
- To speak, talk, question (about something; something)
- To reply, respond (to queries)
- To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will.
- To abandon; to give away or give out; to donate.
Conjugation
editConjugation of quethen (strong class 5)
infinitive | (to) quethen, quethe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | quethe | quath, quoth | |
2nd-person singular | quethest | quede, quode, quath, quoth | |
3rd-person singular | quetheth | quath, quoth | |
subjunctive singular | quethe | quede1, quode1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | quethen, quethe | queden, quede, quoden, quode | |
imperative plural | quetheth, quethe | — | |
participles | quethynge, quethende | queden, quede, quethe, yqueden, yquede, yquethe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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editReferences
edit- “quēthen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.
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