different between quethen vs quethe

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?ð?n

Verb

quethen

1. past participle of quethe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cwethen, cweþen, cweðen, queðen, qwethyn, qweþe, queþen, quethe, queþe, queden, cwæthen

Etymology

From Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþan?; a cognate of Middle Low German queden, Middle Dutch qu?den, Middle High German quëden, and Old Swedish kvæþa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw??ð?n/

Verb

quethen

1. To speak, talk, question (about something; something)
2. To reply, respond (to queries)
3. To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will.
4. To abandon; to give away or give out; to donate.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: quethe (obsolete except in past tense quoth)
• Scots: quethe (noun)
• Yola: co

References

• “qu?then, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-05.

English

Etymology

From Middle English quethen, cwethen, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-Germanic *kweþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?et- (“to say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwi?ð/
• Rhymes: -i?ð

Verb

quethe (third-person singular simple present quethes, present participle quething, simple past quethed or quoth or quod, past participle quethed or quethen)

1. (obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.

Related terms

• bequeath

Translations

Middle English

Verb

quethe

1. Alternative form of quethen