Old English · adjective

sciene

Normalised sċīene

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈʃi͜yː.ne/
Syllables: ˈʃi͜yː · ne (2 syllables)
Modern English: sheen brilliant beautiful fair

Meaning

beautiful, fair, bright

Hyrsta scȳne, bord and brād swyrd, brūne helmas

excellent/beautiful gear, shield and broad sword, brown helmets
brilliant, light, shining

Declension

Strong declension of sciene
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīene	sċīenu sċīeno	sċīene
Accusative	sċīenne	sċīene	sċīene
Genitive	sċīenes	sċīenre	sċīenes
Dative	sċīenum	sċīenre	sċīenum
Instrumental	sċīene	sċīenre	sċīene
Plural
Nominative	sċīene	sċīena sċīene	sċīenu sċīeno
Accusative	sċīene	sċīena sċīene	sċīenu sċīeno
Genitive	sċīenra	sċīenra	sċīenra
Dative	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum
Instrumental	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum

Weak declension of sciene
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīena	sċīene	sċīene
Accusative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīene
Genitive	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Dative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Instrumental	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Plural
Nominative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Accusative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Genitive	sċīenra sċīenena	sċīenra sċīenena	sċīenra sċīenena
Dative	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum
Instrumental	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱown- (“quick, dashing, beautiful”). Cognate with Old Frisian skēne (“beautiful”), Old Saxon skōni (“shiny, beautiful”), Old High German scōni (“handsome, brilliant, pure, lovely, good, pleasant”), Gothic (skauns, “beautiful”), Middle Dutch scone (“beautiful, bright”), Dutch schoon (“beautiful”), German schön (“beautiful”).

Descendants

sheen

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