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Old English · verb

sceþþan

Normalised sċeþþan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VI
IPA
/ˈʃeθ.θɑn/
Syllables
ˈʃeθ · θɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
scathe

Meaning

  1. to injure, to harm, to scathe

    Efne swā hē mid wætre þone weallendan lēġ ādwǣsċe, þæt hē lenġ ne mæġ, blāc byrnende, burgum sċeððan, swā hē mid ælmessan ealle tōsċūfeð synna wunde, sāwla lācnað.

    Likewise he would quench this burning fire with water, so that it, burning bright, could no longer do harm to towns, he fully scatters wounds of sins with an alms, heals souls.

    c. 980, Almsgiving:

Conjugation

Conjugation of sceþþan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċeþþesċōd
2nd singular sċeþestsċōde
3rd singular sċeþeþsċōd
Plural sċeþþaþsċōdon
Subjunctive
Singular sċeþþesċōde
Plural sċeþþensċōden
Non-finite forms of sceþþan
Form
Infinitive sċeþþan
Inflected infinitive sċeþþenne
Imperative singular sċeþe
Imperative plural sċeþþaþ
Present participle sċeþþende
Past participle sċeaþenġesċeaþen

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaþjaną. Cognate with Old Norse skeðja, Gothic (skaþjan).

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