adwæscan

Old English

From ā- (“from, away”) +‎ dwǣsċan (“to extinguish, put out”).

ādwǣsċan

to staunch; quench; put out; appease
to extinguish
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
  ...and bēo ic scyldiġ ġif ic his scȳncræft ne mæġ mid ealle ādwǣscan mid mīnum drȳcræfte.
  ...and may I be guilty if I cannot totally extinguish his magic by my sorcery.

Conjugation of ādwǣsċan (weak class 1)

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ādwǣsċan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.