quemen

Asturian

Verb

quemen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of quemar
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of quemar

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English cwēman, ġecwēman, from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmijan, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (to please, comfort, come); By surface analysis, queme +‎ -en (infinitive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweːmən/

Verb

quemen (third-person singular simple present quemeth, present participle quemende, quemynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quemed)

  1. To please or satisfy (act favourably or acceptably towards)
    • c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [], book V, [London]: [] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes [], 1542, →OCLC:
      My fader nyl for no thyng do me grace / To gon aȝeyn, for naught I kan hym queme [...].
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  2. To please or satisfy (be favourable or acceptable for)
  3. To suit or fit; to be appropriate or useful.
  4. To appease or mollify; to make calm or happy.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quemen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) quemen, queme
present tense past tense
1st-person singular queme quemed
2nd-person singular quemest quemedest
3rd-person singular quemeth quemed
subjunctive singular queme
imperative singular
plural1 quemen, queme quemeden, quemede
imperative plural quemeth, queme
participles quemynge, quemende quemed

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

Descendants

  • English: queme
  • Middle Scots: queme (hapax)

References

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German quëman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈkwɛmən/

Verb

quëmen (irregular strong, third-person singular present quimet, past tense quam, past participle komen, past subjunctive quæme, auxiliary sīn)

  1. to come

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “quemen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Verb

quëmēn

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of quëman

Spanish

Verb

quemen

  1. inflection of quemar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative