thwingan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þwingan, from Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną.

Verb

thwingan

1. to oppress
2. to charge

Conjugation

Conjugation of thwingan (strong class 3)

infinitive	thwingan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	thwingu	thwang
2nd person singular	thwingis	thwungi
3rd person singular	thwingid	thwang
plural	thwingad	thwungun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	thwinge	thwungi
2nd person singular	thwinges	thwungis
3rd person singular	thwinge	thwungi
plural	thwingen	thwungin
imperative	present
singular	thwing
plural	thwingad
participle	present	past
	thwingandi	githwungan, thwungan

Derived terms

• bithwingan
• githwingan

 

Descendants

• Middle Low German: dwingen
  • German Low German: dwingen

References

• Tiefenbach, Heinrich (2010) “thwingan”, in Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch [A Concise Old Saxon Dictionary], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., →DOI, →ISBN, page 423.