dwæscan
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editdwǣsċan
- to extinguish; quench; put out
Conjugation
editConjugation of dwǣsċan (weak class 1)
infinitive | dwǣsċan | dwǣsċenne |
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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
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dwǣsċan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English verbs
- Old English class 1 weak verbs