Old English · verb
scinan
Normalised sċīnan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class I
- IPA
- /ˈʃiː.nɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈʃiː · nɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- shine
Meaning
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to shine
Tēoh ðū forð rēnsċūras, ġif ðū miht, and ġewætera ðīne æceras. Ġif ðū mage, dō þæt sunne sċīne, þæt ðīne æceras ripion.
Draw forth rainshowers, if you can, and water your fields. If you can, make the sun shine, so that your fields ripen.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Conjugation
All forms (14)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skīnan, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y-.
Descendants
shine
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