*kweþaną

Runic: ᚲᚹᛖᚦᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkʷe.θɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to say

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (‘to say, speak’). Cognate with Old Armenian կոչեմ (kočʻem, ‘to call, invite’).

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	kweþō	kweþaų	–
2nd singular	kwiþizi	kweþaiz	kweþ
3rd singular	kwiþidi	kweþai	kweþadau
1st dual	kweþōz	kweþaiw	–
2nd dual	kweþadiz	kweþaidiz	kweþadiz
1st plural	kweþamaz	kweþaim	–
2nd plural	kwiþid	kweþaid	kwiþid
3rd plural	kweþandi	kweþain	kweþandau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
kweþaną	kweþandz	kwedanaz

*kweþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- quethan (Old Dutch)
*kweþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- cweþan, cweðan, cwoða (Old English)
  - quethen, queden, quethe, queþe, queþen, qweþe, qwethyn, cwæthen, cwethen, cweþen, cweðen, queðen (Middle English)
    - quethe (English)
    - quethe (Scots)
    - co, quo (Yola)
*kweþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- quetha (Old Frisian)
  - kwede (Saterland Frisian)
*kweþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- quëdan (Old High German)
  - quëden (Middle High German)
    - khödan, khön, koun (Cimbrian)
*kweþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- quethan, queþan, queðan (Old Saxon)
  - queden (Middle Low German)
kveða (Old Norse)
- kvøða (Faroese)
- kveða (Icelandic)
- kveda (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kveða (Old Norse)
- kvæde (Danish)
  - kvede (Norwegian Bokmål)
kveða (Old Norse)
- kvæþa (Old Swedish)
  - kväda (Swedish)
𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (qiþan) (Gothic)