quethen

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːðən

Verb

quethen

past participle of quethe

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of quethen (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	(to) quethen
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
participle	quethende, quethinge	quethen, queden

Descendants

English: quethe (obsolete outside of quoth, and dated even then)
Scots: quethe (noun)

References

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

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