cwencan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwen.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

cwenċan

1. to extinguish, quench

Conjugation

Conjugation of cwenċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	cwenċan	cwenċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	cwenċe	cwencte
second person singular	cwenċest, cwencst	cwenctest
third person singular	cwenċeþ, cwencþ	cwencte
plural	cwenċaþ	cwencton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	cwenċe	cwencte
plural	cwenċen	cwencten
imperative
singular	cwenċ
plural	cwenċaþ
participle	present	past
	cwenċende	(ġe)cwenċed

Derived terms

• acwenċan

Related terms

• cwincan

Descendants

• Middle English: quenchen
  • English: quench
  • Scots: quench

References

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