cwellan
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”). Cognates include Old Saxon quellian, Middle Dutch quellen (Dutch kwellen), Old High German quellen (German quälen), Old Norse kvelja (Danish kvæle).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cwellan
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of cwellan (weak class 1)
infinitive | cwellan | cwellenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | cwelle | cwealde |
second person singular | cwelest | cwealdest |
third person singular | cweleþ | cwealde |
plural | cwellaþ | cwealdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | cwelle | cwealde |
plural | cwellen | cwealden |
imperative | ||
singular | cwele | |
plural | cwellaþ | |
participle | present | past |
cwellende | (ġe)cweald |
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References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cwellan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.