questen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• queste

Etymology

From Old French quester, from Latin quaestō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛstən/

Verb

questen

1. (hunting) To find one's quarry or catch.
2. (hunting) To howl or bark after finding one's quarry (as a hunting dog).

Conjugation

Conjugation of questen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) questen, queste
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	queste	quested
2nd-person singular	questest	questedest
3rd-person singular	questeth	quested
subjunctive singular	queste
imperative singular		—
plural1	questen, queste	questeden, questede
imperative plural	questeth, queste	—
participles	questynge, questende	quested, yquested

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: quest

References

• “questen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.