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Old English · verb

sceotan

Normalised sċēotan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈʃe͜oː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈʃe͜oː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
shootmissile

Meaning

  1. to shoot, throw a missile

  2. to push, move quickly, pay (money)

  3. to move quickly, flow, rush, shoot (of pain)

    Sē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm gārseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm gārseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.

    The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

Conjugation

Conjugation of sceotan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċēotesċēat
2nd singular sċīetstsċute
3rd singular sċīettsċīetsċēat
Plural sċēotaþsċuton
Subjunctive
Singular sċēotesċute
Plural sċēotensċuten
Non-finite forms of sceotan
Form
Infinitive sċēotan
Inflected infinitive sċēotenne
Imperative singular sċēot
Imperative plural sċēotaþ
Present participle sċēotende
Past participle sċotenġesċoten

All forms (16)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian skiata (West Frisian sjitte), Old Saxon skiotan (Low German scheten), Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan (German schießen), Old Norse skjóta (Danish skyde, Swedish skjuta). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic искыдати (iskydati), Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Lithuanian skudrùs.

Descendants

shoot

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