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Old English · verb

onscogan

Normalised onsċōġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/onˈʃoː.jɑn/
Syllables
on · ˈʃoː · jɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
unshoeshoes

Meaning

  1. to take shoes off of someone or something, (reflexive) to take one's shoes off

    Sē mæsseprēost cōm sume dæġe hām of sīþfæte, and þā hē ēode on his hūs, hē cleopode rēċelēaslīċe tō his þēowetlinge and cwæþ, "Cum hider and onsċō mē!"

    One day the priest came home from a journey, and when he entered his house, he called out to his slave carelessly and said, "Come here and take my shoes off!" (Literally: "Come here and unshoe me!")

    late 9th century, Werferth, translation of the Dialogues of Gregory

Conjugation

Conjugation of onscogan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular onsċōġeonsċōde
2nd singular onsċōstonsċōdest
3rd singular onsċōþonsċōde
Plural onsċōġaþonsċōdon
Subjunctive
Singular onsċōġeonsċōde
Plural onsċōġenonsċōden
Non-finite forms of onscogan
Form
Infinitive onsċōġan
Inflected infinitive onsċōġenne
Imperative singular onsċō
Imperative plural onsċōġaþ
Present participle onsċōġende
Past participle onsċōd

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *andaskōhōną. Cognate with Old High German antscuohōn. Equivalent to on- + sċōġan or on- + sċōh + -ian, literally 'to unshoe'.

Descendants

unshoe

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