quethen

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːðən

Verb

quethen

  1. past participle of quethe

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɛːðən/

Verb

quethen (third-person singular simple present quetheth, present participle quethynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative quath, past participle quethen)

  1. To speak, talk, question (about something; something)
  2. To reply, respond (to queries)
  3. To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will.
  4. To abandon; to give away or give out; to donate.

Conjugation
Conjugation of quethen (strong class 5)
infinitive (to) quethen, quethe
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.

Descendants
  • English: quethe (obsolete except in past tense quoth)
  • Scots: quethe (noun)
  • Yola: co, quo

References
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