cweþan

Old English

Alternative forms

• cweðan — edh spelling
• cƿeþan — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kweþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.θɑn/, [ˈkwe.ðɑn]

Verb

cweþan

1. to say, tell

   Hēo cwæþ þæt hēo wǣre lǣċe.

   She said she was a doctor.

   Cwæþ se hræfn, "Nǣfre mā."

   The raven said, "Never again."

Conjugation

Conjugation of cweþan (strong class 5)

infinitive	cweþan	cweþenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	cweþe	cwæþ
second person singular	cwist	cwǣde
third person singular	cwiþþ, cwiþ	cwæþ
plural	cweþaþ	cwǣdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	cweþe	cwǣde
plural	cweþen	cwǣden
imperative
singular	cweþ
plural	cweþaþ
participle	present	past
	cweþende	(ġe)cweden

Derived terms

• æftercweþan
• becweþan
• forcweþan
• miscweþan
• oncweþan
• tōcweþan
• weargcweþan
• yfelcweþan
• ġecweþan

 

Descendants

• Middle English: quethen, cwethen, cweþen, cweðen, queðen, qwethyn, qweþe, queþen, quethe, queþe, queden, cwæthen
  • English: quethe (obsolete except in past tense quoth)
  • Scots: quethe (noun)
  • Yola: co, quo