Old English · verb

sciftan

Normalised sċiftan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
Modern English: shift shares divide

Meaning

to divide, separate into shares
to appoint, ordain, arrange

Conjugation

Conjugation of sciftan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	sċifte	sċifte
2nd singular	sċiftest sċifst sċiftst	sċiftest
3rd singular	sċifteþ sċift	sċifte
Plural	sċiftaþ	sċifton
Subjunctive
Singular	sċifte	sċifte
Plural	sċiften	sċiften

Non-finite forms of sciftan
	Form
Infinitive	sċiftan
Inflected infinitive	sċiftenne
Imperative singular	sċift
Imperative plural	sċiftaþ
Present participle	sċiftende
Past participle	sċifted ġesċifted

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skēy- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”).

Descendants

shift

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