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Old English · verb

cwiesan

Normalised cwīesan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈkwi͜yː.sɑn/
[ˈkwi͜yː.zɑn]
Syllables
ˈkwi͜yː · sɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
queasesqueeze

Meaning

  1. to crush

Conjugation

Conjugation of cwiesan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular cwīesecwīesde
2nd singular cwīesestcwīestcwīesdest
3rd singular cwīeseþcwīestcwīesde
Plural cwīesaþcwīesdon
Subjunctive
Singular cwīesecwīesde
Plural cwīesencwīesden
Non-finite forms of cwiesan
Form
Infinitive cwīesan
Inflected infinitive cwīesenne
Imperative singular cwīes
Imperative plural cwīesaþ
Present participle cwīesende
Past participle cwīesedġecwīesed

All forms (16)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly onomatopoeic. Perhaps instead related to German quetschen (“to squeeze”), itself derived from Old French quasser (“to break”).

Descendants

quease, squeeze

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