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Old English · verb

scyan

Normalised sċȳan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈʃyː.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈʃyː · ɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
suggesturgepersuade

Meaning

  1. to prompt, urge

    Ða ǣrestan synne se weriga gāst sċȳde

    The weary spirit urged the first sins

  2. to persuade, suggest

    Wē getǣceþ ł sċȳaþ him

    We teach / suggest to him

  3. to sky, be afraid, flee

Conjugation

Conjugation of scyan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċȳesċȳde
2nd singular sċȳestsċȳstsċȳdest
3rd singular sċȳeþsċȳþsċȳde
Plural sċȳaþsċȳdon
Subjunctive
Singular sċȳesċȳde
Plural sċȳensċȳden
Non-finite forms of scyan
Form
Infinitive sċȳan
Inflected infinitive sċȳenne
Imperative singular sċȳ
Imperative plural sċȳaþ
Present participle sċȳende
Past participle sċȳedġesċȳed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”). Cognate with Old English sċyhhan, Old High German *scūhen attested in scūhenti. Compare Middle Low German schü̂wen, schûwen, schûen (“to fear, shun, avoid”), Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, schūen, schūhen (“to fear, scare, frighten”). Possibly related to Old English sċyndan from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną. It may be backformed in the present tense from the alternative form scȳhtan (scȳhte in the preterite), from Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną, itself perhaps from the from an u…

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