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Old English · verb

twengan

Normalised twenġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
Modern English
twingepinchsqueeze

Meaning

  1. to squeeze, pinch

Conjugation

Conjugation of twengan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular twenġetwengde
2nd singular twenġesttwengsttwengdest
3rd singular twenġeþtwengþtwengde
Plural twenġaþtwengdon
Subjunctive
Singular twenġetwengde
Plural twenġentwengden
Non-finite forms of twengan
Form
Infinitive twenġan
Inflected infinitive twenġenne
Imperative singular twenġ
Imperative plural twenġaþ
Present participle twenġende
Past participle twenġedġetwenġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *twangijan, from Proto-Germanic *twangijaną (“to jam, pinch”), causative of Proto-Germanic *twinganą (“to press, clamp”)

Descendants

twinge

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