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Old English · verb

scitan

Normalised sċītan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ˈʃiː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈʃiː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
defecateshitshite

Meaning

  1. to defecate, shit

Conjugation

Conjugation of scitan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċītesċāt
2nd singular sċītstsċite
3rd singular sċīttsċītsċāt
Plural sċītaþsċiton
Subjunctive
Singular sċītesċite
Plural sċītensċiten
Non-finite forms of scitan
Form
Infinitive sċītan
Inflected infinitive sċītenne
Imperative singular sċīt
Imperative plural sċītaþ
Present participle sċītende
Past participle sċitenġesċiten

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skītan (“to shit, defecate, excrete”). Cognate with Old Saxon skītan, Old Frisian skīta, Old High German skīzan, Old Norse skíta.

Descendants

shit, shite

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