wiþercweþan
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- wiðercweðan — edh spelling
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *wiþrakweþan, equivalent to wiþer- + cweþan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wiþercweþan
- Alternative form of wiþcweþan
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of wiþercweþan (strong class 5)
infinitive | wiþercweþan | wiþercweþenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | wiþercweþe | wiþercwæþ |
second person singular | wiþercwist | wiþercwǣde |
third person singular | wiþercwiþþ, wiþercwiþ | wiþercwæþ |
plural | wiþercweþaþ | wiþercwǣdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | wiþercweþe | wiþercwǣde |
plural | wiþercweþen | wiþercwǣden |
imperative | ||
singular | wiþercweþ | |
plural | wiþercweþaþ | |
participle | present | past |
wiþercweþende | wiþercweden |
Derived terms[edit]
- wiþercwedung f (“gainsaying”)
- wiþercweþnes f (“contradiction”)
Related terms[edit]
- wiþercwedolnes f (“contradiction”)
- wiþercwida m (“contradictor, rebel”)
- wiþercwiddian (“to murmur (discontentedly?)”)
- wiþercwide m (“resistance, opposition, contest”)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WIÞERCWEÞAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.