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Old English · verb

cwencan

Normalised cwenċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈkwen.t͡ʃɑn/
Syllables
ˈkwen · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
quenchextinguish

Meaning

  1. to extinguish, quench

Conjugation

Conjugation of cwencan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular cwenċecwencte
2nd singular cwenċestcwencstcwenctest
3rd singular cwenċeþcwencþcwencte
Plural cwenċaþcwencton
Subjunctive
Singular cwenċecwencte
Plural cwenċencwencten
Non-finite forms of cwencan
Form
Infinitive cwenċan
Inflected infinitive cwenċenne
Imperative singular cwenċ
Imperative plural cwenċaþ
Present participle cwenċende
Past participle cwenċedġecwenċed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

Descendants

quench

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