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Old English · verb

scortian

Normalised sċortian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈʃor.ti.ɑn/
[ˈʃorˠ.ti.ɑn]
Syllables: ˈʃor · ti · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: shorten short

Meaning

to become short, shorten
to fall short, fail
to make short, shorten

Conjugation

Conjugation of scortian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	sċortiġe	sċortode
2nd singular	sċortast	sċortodest
3rd singular	sċortaþ	sċortode
Plural	sċortiaþ	sċortodon
Subjunctive
Singular	sċortiġe	sċortode
Plural	sċortiġen	sċortoden

Non-finite forms of scortian
	Form
Infinitive	sċortian
Inflected infinitive	sċortienne
Imperative singular	sċorta
Imperative plural	sċortiaþ
Present participle	sċortiende
Past participle	sċortod ġesċortod

All forms (15)

sċortiġe
sċortode
sċortast
sċortodest
sċortaþ
sċortiaþ
sċortodon
sċortiġen
sċortoden
sċortian
sċortienne
sċorta
sċortiende
sċortod
ġesċortod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skortōn (“to make short”) and Proto-West Germanic *skurtēn (“to be short”).

Descendants

short

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