eldertongue

Old English · verb

todwæscan

Normalised tōdwǣsċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/toːˈdwæːʃ.ʃɑn/
Syllables
toː · ˈdwæːʃ · ʃɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
extinguish

Meaning

  1. to extinguish

Conjugation

Conjugation of todwæscan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tōdwǣsċetōdwǣsċte
2nd singular tōdwǣsċesttōdwǣsċsttōdwǣsċtest
3rd singular tōdwǣsċeþtōdwǣsċþtōdwǣsċte
Plural tōdwǣsċaþtōdwǣsċton
Subjunctive
Singular tōdwǣsċetōdwǣsċte
Plural tōdwǣsċentōdwǣsċten
Non-finite forms of todwæscan
Form
Infinitive tōdwǣsċan
Inflected infinitive tōdwǣsċenne
Imperative singular tōdwǣsċ
Imperative plural tōdwǣsċaþ
Present participle tōdwǣsċende
Past participle tōdwǣsċed

All forms (16)

Etymology

From tō- (“apart, asunder”) + dwǣsċan (“to extinguish, put out”).

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