"cweccan" meaning in All languages combined

See cweccan on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈkwet.t͡ʃɑn/
Etymology: Related to cwacian. Head templates: {{ang-verb|cweċċan}} cweċċan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|cweċċan<w1/past:cweaht,cweht/pp:cweaht>}} Forms: cweċċan [canonical], weak [table-tags], cweċċan [infinitive], cweċċenne [infinitive], cweċċe [first-person, present, singular], cweahte [first-person, past, singular], cwehte [first-person, past, singular], cweċest [present, second-person, singular], cweahtest [past, second-person, singular], cwehtest [past, second-person, singular], cweċeþ [present, singular, third-person], cweahte [past, singular, third-person], cwehte [past, singular, third-person], cweċċaþ [plural, present], cweahton [past, plural], cwehton [past, plural], cweċċe [present, singular], cweahte [past, singular], cwehte [past, singular], cweċċen [plural, present], cweahten [past, plural], cwehten [past, plural], cweċe [imperative, past, present, singular], cweċċaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], cweċċende [imperative, present], cweaht [imperative, past], ġecweaht [imperative, past]
  1. (transitive) to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cweccan-ang-verb-WHP6gAGt Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. (of a weapon) to brandish
    Sense id: en-cweccan-ang-verb-sKfYtl-4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ācweċċan, cweċċan hēafod (english: shake (one's) head)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ācweċċan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "shake (one's) head",
      "translation": "shake (one's) head",
      "word": "cweċċan hēafod"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "quetch"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "quecchen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cwacian",
      "cwacian#Old_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to cwacian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cweċċan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċan",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċan",
          "cweccan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċenne",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċenne",
          "cweccenne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċe",
          "cwecce#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċest",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċest",
          "cwecest#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċeþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċeþ",
          "cweceþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċaþ",
          "cweccaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċe",
          "cwecce#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċen",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċen",
          "cweccen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċe",
          "cwece#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċaþ",
          "cweccaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċende",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċende",
          "cweccende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cweċċan"
      },
      "expansion": "cweċċan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cweċċan<w1/past:cweaht,cweht/pp:cweaht>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up"
      ],
      "id": "en-cweccan-ang-verb-WHP6gAGt",
      "links": [
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "vibrate",
          "vibrate"
        ],
        [
          "shake off",
          "shake off"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to brandish"
      ],
      "id": "en-cweccan-ang-verb-sKfYtl-4",
      "links": [
        [
          "brandish",
          "brandish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a weapon) to brandish"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a weapon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwet.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cweccan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak light-stem verbs",
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ācweċċan"
    },
    {
      "english": "shake (one's) head",
      "translation": "shake (one's) head",
      "word": "cweċċan hēafod"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "quetch"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "quecchen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cwacian",
      "cwacian#Old_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to cwacian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cweċċan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċan",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċan",
          "cweccan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċenne",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċenne",
          "cweccenne#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċe",
          "cwecce#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċest",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċest",
          "cwecest#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċeþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċeþ",
          "cweceþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċaþ",
          "cweccaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċe",
          "cwecce#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċen",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċen",
          "cweccen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwehten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċe",
          "cwece#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċaþ",
          "cweccaþ#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċende",
      "links": [
        [
          "cweċċende",
          "cweccende#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweaht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cweċċan"
      },
      "expansion": "cweċċan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cweċċan<w1/past:cweaht,cweht/pp:cweaht>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "vibrate",
          "vibrate"
        ],
        [
          "shake off",
          "shake off"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to brandish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brandish",
          "brandish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a weapon) to brandish"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a weapon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwet.t͡ʃɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cweccan"
}

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