acweþan

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Old English

Alternative forms

ācweðan — edh spelling

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ cweþan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈkwe.θɑn/,

Verb

ācweþan

to say
to utter, declare
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
  Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
  ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
  frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
  wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:
  Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
  and this dark life with wise thought,
  shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
  swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:
to reply, answer

Conjugation

Conjugation of ācweþan (strong class 5)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	ācweþan	ācweþenne
first person singular	ācweþe	ācwæþ
second person singular	ācwist	ācwǣde
third person singular	ācwiþþ, ācwiþ	ācwæþ
plural	ācweþaþ	ācwǣdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ācweþe	ācwǣde
plural	ācweþen	ācwǣden
imperative
singular	ācweþ
plural	ācweþaþ
participle	present	past
	ācweþende	ācweden

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀCWEÐAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀCWEÞAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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