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Old English · verb

scunian

Normalised sċunian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈʃu.ni.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈʃu · ni · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
shuntshundetestavoidscaredabhor

Meaning

  1. to hide or flee from; to avoid

  2. to be scared of

  3. to hate; abhor; detest

Conjugation

Conjugation of scunian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċuniġesċunode
2nd singular sċunastsċunodest
3rd singular sċunaþsċunode
Plural sċuniaþsċunodon
Subjunctive
Singular sċuniġesċunode
Plural sċuniġensċunoden
Non-finite forms of scunian
Form
Infinitive sċunian
Inflected infinitive sċunienne
Imperative singular sċuna
Imperative plural sċuniaþ
Present participle sċuniende
Past participle sċunodġesċunod

All forms (15)

Etymology

Uncertain; despite the lack of secure Germanic cognates (though compare scunner, which may derive from an Old Norse *skuna), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”), as either a nasal-present *skunéHti identical to Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “to cover”) or a later inner-Germanic formation, through either Proto-Germanic *skunjaną, Proto-West Germanic *skunnjan (if the variant sċynian shows that this verb was formerly a weak j-present) or *skunaną/*skunōną, *skunēn/*skunōn (if the variant sċynian exhibits a development /ʃu/ > /ʃy/ as potentially seen in Northumbri…

Descendants

shun, shunt

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