becweþan
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- becweðan — edh spelling
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
becweþan
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of becweþan (strong class 5)
infinitive | becweþan | becweþenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | becweþe | becwæþ |
second person singular | becwist | becwǣde |
third person singular | becwiþþ, becwiþ | becwæþ |
plural | becweþaþ | becwǣdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | becweþe | becwǣde |
plural | becweþen | becwǣden |
imperative | ||
singular | becweþ | |
plural | becweþaþ | |
participle | present | past |
becweþende | becweden |
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: biquethen, beqwethen, be-qwethyn, biquethe, biqueþen, byquethe; bi-queðen
- English: bequeath
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BECWEÐAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BECWEÞAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.