wiþcweþan

Old English

Alternative forms

• wiþcweðan — edh spelling

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wiþikweþan, equivalent to wiþ- +‎ cweþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiθˈkwe.θɑn/, [wiθˈkwe.ðɑn]

Verb

wiþcweþan

1. to contradict
2. to oppose, resist
3. to refuse, reject
4. to reply

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiþcweþan (strong class 5)

infinitive	wiþcweþan	wiþcweþenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wiþcweþe	wiþcwæþ
second person singular	wiþcwist	wiþcwǣde
third person singular	wiþcwiþþ, wiþcwiþ	wiþcwæþ
plural	wiþcweþaþ	wiþcwǣdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wiþcweþe	wiþcwǣde
plural	wiþcweþen	wiþcwǣden
imperative
singular	wiþcweþ
plural	wiþcweþaþ
participle	present	past
	wiþcweþende	wiþcweden

Derived terms

• wiþcwedennes f (“contradiction”)

Descendants

• Middle English: withquethen

References

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