"cweccan" meaning in Old English

See cweccan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkwet.t͡ʃɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kwakkjan, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (“to shake, shake about, jolt, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”). Cognate with Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter”). More at quake. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kwakkjan}} Proto-West Germanic *kwakkjan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kwakjaną|t=to shake, shake about, jolt, swing}} Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (“to shake, shake about, jolt, swing”), {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*gʷog-||to shake, swing}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”), {{cog|ang|cwacian|t=to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter}} Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|cweċċan}} cweċċan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|cweċċan<w1/papp:cweaht>}} Forms: cweċċan [canonical], weak [table-tags], cweċċan [infinitive], cweċċenne [infinitive], cweċċe [first-person, present, singular], cweahte [first-person, past, singular], cweċest [present, second-person, singular], cweahtest [past, second-person, singular], cweċeþ [present, singular, third-person], cweahte [past, singular, third-person], cweċċaþ [plural, present], cweahton [past, plural], cweċċe [present, singular], cweahte [past, singular], cweċċen [plural, present], cweahten [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: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33
  2. (of a weapon) to brandish
    Sense id: en-cweccan-ang-verb-sKfYtl-4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cweċċan hēafod (english: shake (one's) head)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "shake (one's) head",
      "word": "cweċċan hēafod"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "quecchen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: quecchen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: quecchen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "quetch"
          },
          "expansion": "English: quetch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: quetch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kwakkjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwakkjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kwakjaną",
        "t": "to shake, shake about, jolt, swing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (“to shake, shake about, jolt, swing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷog-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shake, swing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cwacian",
        "t": "to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kwakkjan, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (“to shake, shake about, jolt, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”). Cognate with Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter”). More at quake.",
  "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",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċende",
      "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/papp:cweaht>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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 verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "shake (one's) head",
      "word": "cweċċan hēafod"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "quecchen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: quecchen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: quecchen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "quetch"
          },
          "expansion": "English: quetch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: quetch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kwakkjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwakkjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kwakjaną",
        "t": "to shake, shake about, jolt, swing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (“to shake, shake about, jolt, swing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷog-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shake, swing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cwacian",
        "t": "to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kwakkjan, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (“to shake, shake about, jolt, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”). Cognate with Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter”). More at quake.",
  "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",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweahten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweċċende",
      "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/papp: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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