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English
Pronunciation
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-West Germanic *kweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną; a cognate of Middle Low German queden, Middle Dutch quēden, Middle High German quëden, and Old Swedish kvæþa.
Pronunciation
Verb
quethen (third-person singular simple present quetheth, present participle quethynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative quath, past participle 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
| infinitive
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(to) quethen, quethe
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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quethe
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quath, quoth
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| 2nd-person singular
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quethest
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quede, quode, quath, quoth
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| 3rd-person singular
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quetheth
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quath, quoth
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| subjunctive singular
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quethe
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quede1, quode1
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| imperative singular
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| plural2
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quethen, quethe
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queden, quede, quoden, quode
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| imperative plural
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quetheth, quethe
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| participles
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quethynge, quethende
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queden, quede, quethe, yqueden, yquede, yquethe
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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