cwellan
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”). Cognates include Old Saxon quellian, Middle Dutch quellen (Dutch kwellen), Old High German quellen (German quälen), Old Norse kvelja (Danish kvæle).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cwellan
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cwellan (weak class 1)
infinitive | cwellan | cwellenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | cwelle | cwealde |
second person singular | cwelest | cwealdest |
third person singular | cweleþ | cwealde |
plural | cwellaþ | cwealdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | cwelle | cwealde |
plural | cwellen | cwealden |
imperative | ||
singular | cwele | |
plural | cwellaþ | |
participle | present | past |
cwellende | (ġe)cweald |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cwellan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.