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
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to shoot, throw a missile
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to push, move quickly, pay (money)
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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
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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