adwæscan

Old English

Etymology

From ā- (“from, away”) +‎ dwǣsċan (“to extinguish, put out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈdwæːʃ.ʃɑn/

Verb

ādwǣsċan

1. to staunch; quench; put out; appease
2. to extinguish
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"

     ...and bēo ic scyldiġ ġif ic his scȳncræft ne mæġ mid ealle ādwǣscan mid mīnum drȳcræfte.

     ...and may I be guilty if I cannot totally extinguish his magic by my sorcery.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ādwǣsċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ādwǣsċan	ādwǣsċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ādwǣsċe	ādwǣsċte
second person singular	ādwǣsċest, ādwǣsċst	ādwǣsċtest
third person singular	ādwǣsċeþ, ādwǣsċþ	ādwǣsċte
plural	ādwǣsċaþ	ādwǣsċton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ādwǣsċe	ādwǣsċte
plural	ādwǣsċen	ādwǣsċten
imperative
singular	ādwǣsċ
plural	ādwǣsċaþ
participle	present	past
	ādwǣsċende	ādwǣsċed

Descendants

• Middle English: adweschen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ādwǣsċan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.