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Old English · verb

dwæscan

Normalised dwǣsċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈdwæːʃ.ʃɑn/
Syllables
ˈdwæːʃ · ʃɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
dushquench

Meaning

  1. to extinguish; quench; put out

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwæscan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular dwǣsċedwǣsċte
2nd singular dwǣsċestdwǣsċstdwǣsċtest
3rd singular dwǣsċeþdwǣsċþdwǣsċte
Plural dwǣsċaþdwǣsċton
Subjunctive
Singular dwǣsċedwǣsċte
Plural dwǣsċendwǣsċten
Non-finite forms of dwæscan
Form
Infinitive dwǣsċan
Inflected infinitive dwǣsċenne
Imperative singular dwǣsċ
Imperative plural dwǣsċaþ
Present participle dwǣsċende
Past participle dwǣsċedġedwǣsċed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dwaiskijan, from Proto-Germanic *dwaiskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away; dwindle; die”), from *dʰew- (“to die; pass away”).

Descendants

dush

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