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CWYSAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
CWYSAN, p. de; pp. ed
To crush, QUASH, shake, bruise, dash against; quassare, terere, allidere
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  • Se ðe forgnídeþ oððe cwysþ lytlungas ðíne to stáne

    qui allidet parvulos tuos ad petram,

    • Ps. Lamb. 136,
    • 9.
  • Ðú genyðeredest oððe ðú cwysdest me

    allisisti me,

    • 101,
    • 11.
Etymology
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Prompt. quaschyn̄ quassāre:
R. Brun. quassed , p. quashed:
Plat. quesen, quetsen to crush:
O. Sax. quetsan to push, squeeze:
Frs. quetsen vulnerare:
O. Frs. quetsene a bruise:
Dut. kwetsen to bruise, wound, injure:
Kil. quetsen quassare, lædere:
Ger. quetschen to squeeze:
M. H. Ger. quetzen to squeeze:
Goth. qistyan to destroy:
Dan. qwæste to squeeze:
Swed. qwäsa to squash, bruise, wound:
Icel. kwista to destroy, cut down:
Fr. casser to break:
Lat. quassare , quatere to batter, break in pieces
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Derived forms
for-cwysan, to-
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