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cweþan

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Old English

Alternative forms

cweðan —edh spelling
cwoða —Northumbrian

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*kweþan, fromProto-Germanic*kweþaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.θɑn/,[ˈkwe.ðɑn]

Verb

cweþan(West Saxon)

tosay
Hēocwæþ þæt hēo wǣre lācnestre.
Shesaid she was a doctor.
Cwæþ sē hræfn, "Nǣfre mā."
The ravensaid, "Never again."
- c. 990,Wessex Gospels,John 9:12
  Þācwǣdon hīe tō him, "Hwǣr is hē?" Þācwæþ hē, "Iċ nāt."
  Then theysaid to him, "Where is he?" And hesaid, "I don't know."
tospeak
- late 10th century,Ælfric,"Saint Swithhun, Bishop"
  ...he næfre ær nahtcweðan ne mihte...
  ...he had never before been able tospeak,...
tomention
- c. 992,Ælfric,"For Palm Sunday"
  Þam folce wearð cūð þæt se Hælend arærde lytle ær Lazarum of deaðe, seðe læg stincende feower niht on byrgene: þa comon þa togeanes Criste þe geleaffulle wæron, mid þam wurðmynte, swa we ǣrcwædon.
  It was known to the people that Christ a little before had raised Lazarus from death, who had lain stinking four nights in the grave: then those, who were believing, came to meet Christ with the honours which we have alreadymentioned.

Conjugation

Conjugation ofcweþan (strong,class V)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	cweþan	cweþenne
first person singular	cweþe	cwæþ
second person singular	cwist	cwǣde
third person singular	cwiþþ,cwiþ	cwæþ
plural	cweþaþ	cwǣdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	cweþe	cwǣde
plural	cweþen	cwǣden
imperative
singular	cweþ
plural	cweþaþ
participle	present	past
	cweþende	(ġe)cweden

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English:quethen,queden,quethe,queþe,queþen,qweþe,qwethyn,cwæthen,cwethen,cweþen,cweðen,queðen(Early Middle English)
- ⇒ English:quoth(obsoletequo,quod)
- ⇒ Middle Scots:quod;queith(hapax)
  - Scots:quo,quo'
- ⇒ Yola:co,quo

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