cwellan
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editcwellan
Conjugation
editConjugation 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 |
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cwellan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.