twengan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *twangijan, from Proto-Germanic *twangijaną (“to jam, pinch”), causative of Proto-Germanic *twinganą (“to press, clamp”)

Verb

twenġan

1. to squeeze, pinch

Conjugation

Conjugation of twenġan (weak class 1)

infinitive	twenġan	twenġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	twenġe	twengde
second person singular	twenġest, twengst	twengdest
third person singular	twenġeþ, twengþ	twengde
plural	twenġaþ	twengdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	twenġe	twengde
plural	twenġen	twengden
imperative
singular	twenġ
plural	twenġaþ
participle	present	past
	twenġende	(ġe)twenġed

Descendants

• twinge