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
-
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
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | onsċōġe | onsċōde |
| 2nd singular | onsċōst | onsċōdest |
| 3rd singular | onsċōþ | onsċōde |
| Plural | onsċōġaþ | onsċōdon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | onsċōġe | onsċōde |
| Plural | onsċōġen | onsċōden |
| 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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