acwencan

Old English

Etymology

From ā- +‎ cwencan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈkwen.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

ācwenċan

1. to extinguish, quench

Conjugation

Conjugation of ācwenċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ācwenċan	ācwenċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ācwenċe	ācwencte
second person singular	ācwenċest, ācwencst	ācwenctest
third person singular	ācwenċeþ, ācwencþ	ācwencte
plural	ācwenċaþ	ācwencton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ācwenċe	ācwencte
plural	ācwenċen	ācwencten
imperative
singular	ācwenċ
plural	ācwenċaþ
participle	present	past
	ācwenċende	ācwenċed

Related terms

• cwincan
• cwenċan

Descendants

• Middle English: aquenchen

References

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