forcweþan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to rebuke, reprove, upbraid; berate; chide; scold (someone)
- to refuse, decline to do; forbear
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *frakweþaną prefix from Old English cweþan.
Origin
Old English
cweþan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *frakweþaną Proto-Germanic
- *kweþaną Proto-Germanic
- acweþan Old English
- andcweþan Old English
- becweþan Old English
- beforancweþan Old English
- bicweþan Old English
- cweþan Old English
- forecweþan Old English
- gecweþan Old English
- hearmcweþan Old English
- miscweþan Old English
- oncweþan Old English
- tocweþan Old English
- weargcweþan Old English
- wiþcweþan Old English
- wiþercweþan Old English
- yfelcweþan Old English
- æftercweþan Old English
- quethen Middle English