quethen
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːðən
Verb
quethen
- past participle of quethe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cwethen, cweþen, cweðen, queðen, qwethyn, qweþe, queþen, quethe, queþe, queden, cwæthen
Etymology
From Old English cweþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną; a cognate of Middle Low German queden, Middle Dutch quēden, Middle High German quëden, and Old Swedish kvæþa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwɛːðən/
Verb
quethen (third-person singular simple present quetheth, present participle quethynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative quath, past participle quethen)
- To speak, talk, question (about something; something)
- To reply, respond (to queries)
- To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will.
- To abandon; to give away or give out; to donate.
Conjugation
Conjugation of quethen (strong class 5)
| infinitive | (to) quethen, quethe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | quethe | quath, quoth | |
| 2nd-person singular | quethest | quede, quode, quath, quoth | |
| 3rd-person singular | quetheth | quath, quoth | |
| subjunctive singular | quethe | quede1, quode1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | quethen, quethe | queden, quede, quoden, quode | |
| imperative plural | quetheth, quethe | — | |
| participles | quethynge, quethende | queden, quede, quethe, yqueden, yquede, yquethe | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
- biquethen
Descendants
- English: quethe (obsolete except in past tense quoth)
- Scots: quethe (noun)
- Yola: co, quo
References
- “quēthen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.