quethen

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːðən

Verb

quethen

1. past participle of quethe

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• cwethen, cweþen, cweðen, queðen, qwethyn, qweþe, queþen, quethe, queþe, queden, cwæthen

Etymology

From Old English cweþan, 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

1. To speak, talk, question (about something; something)
2. To reply, respond (to queries)
3. To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will.
4. To abandon; to give away or give out; to donate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quethen (strong class 5)

infinitive	(to) quethen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	quethe	queth, quath, quoth
2nd person singular	quethest	queth, quath, quoth, *quothest
3rd person singular	quetheth, queþeþ, cweþ	queth, quath, quoth
plural	quethen	quede(n), quode(n)
subjunctive	present	past
singular	quethe	queth, quath, quoth
plural	quethen	quede(n), quode(n)
imperative	present
singular	quethe
plural	quetheþ, quetheth
participle	present	past
	quethende, quethinge	quethen, queden

Descendants

• English: quethe (obsolete except in past tense quoth)
• Scots: quethe (noun)

References

• “quēthen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.