questen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

queste

Etymology

From Old French quester, from Latin quaestō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛstən/

Verb

questen

(hunting) To find one's quarry or catch.
(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	quested
imperative singular	queste	—

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.

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