quenchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cwenche, kuenche, quenche, queynchen, qwenchen, quynchen
• cwennkenn (Ormulum)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwankijan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛnt͡ʃən/

Verb

quenchen (third-person singular simple present quencheth, present participle quenchende, quenchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quenched)

1. To quench (put out; eliminate)
2. To spray or douse with water or another liquid.
3. To alleviate; to restrain.
4. To quench (fulfil one's desire)
5. (medicine) To modify mercury to make it usable in recipes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quenchen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) quenchen, quenche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	quenche	quenched
2nd-person singular	quenchest	quenchedest
3rd-person singular	quencheth	quenched
subjunctive singular	quenche
imperative singular		—
plural1	quenchen, quenche	quencheden, quenchede
imperative plural	quencheth, quenche	—
participles	quenchynge, quenchende	quenched, yquenched

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: quench
• Scots: quench

References

• “quenchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.