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Old English · verb

scyttan

Normalised sċyttan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈʃyt.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈʃyt · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
shut

Meaning

  1. to shut

Conjugation

Conjugation of scyttan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċyttesċytte
2nd singular sċytstsċyttest
3rd singular sċyttsċytsċytte
Plural sċyttaþsċytton
Subjunctive
Singular sċyttesċytte
Plural sċyttensċytten
Non-finite forms of scyttan
Form
Infinitive sċyttan
Inflected infinitive sċyttenne
Imperative singular sċyte
Imperative plural sċyttaþ
Present participle sċyttende
Past participle sċytedġesċytedsċyttġesċyttsċytġesċyt

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, from *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”).

Descendants

shut

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