tocwiesan

Old English

Alternative forms

• tōcwīsan, tōcwȳsan

Etymology

By surface analysis, tō- +‎ cwīesan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈkwi͜yː.sɑn/, [toːˈkwi͜yː.zɑn]

Verb

tocwiesan

1. to crush
   • Homilies of Ælfric

     Sum ċild plegode ġȳmelēaslīċe, and bearn under ānum yrnendum hwēole, and wearð tō dēaðe tōcwȳsed.

     A child was playing carelessly and was crushed to death under a running wheel.

2. to shatter, break into pieces

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōcwīesan (weak class 1)

infinitive	tōcwīesan	tōcwīesenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tōcwīese	tōcwīesde
second person singular	tōcwīesest, tōcwīest	tōcwīesdest
third person singular	tōcwīeseþ, tōcwīest	tōcwīesde
plural	tōcwīesaþ	tōcwīesdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tōcwīese	tōcwīesde
plural	tōcwīesen	tōcwīesden
imperative
singular	tōcwīes
plural	tōcwīesaþ
participle	present	past
	tōcwīesende	tōcwīesed

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tó-cwísan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.