dwæscan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dwaiskijan, from Proto-Germanic *dwaiskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away; dwindle; die”), from *dʰew- (“to die; pass away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwæːʃ.ʃɑn/

Verb

dwǣsċan

1. to extinguish; quench; put out

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwǣsċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	dwǣsċan	dwǣsċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	dwǣsċe	dwǣsċte
second person singular	dwǣsċest, dwǣsċst	dwǣsċtest
third person singular	dwǣsċeþ, dwǣsċþ	dwǣsċte
plural	dwǣsċaþ	dwǣsċton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	dwǣsċe	dwǣsċte
plural	dwǣsċen	dwǣsċten
imperative
singular	dwǣsċ
plural	dwǣsċaþ
participle	present	past
	dwǣsċende	(ġe)dwǣsċed

Derived terms

• ādwǣsċan
• dwǣsċendlīċ
• ondwǣsċan
• tōdwǣsċan

Descendants

• Middle English: *dweschen, duschen, dusshen
  • Scots: dusch
  • English: dush

References

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