hyscan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • hisċan, hyhsan

Etymology

From hux, hucs, husċ (“insult, scorn, scoffing, mockery”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhyʃɑn/

Verb

hyscan

  1. (transitive) To mock, deride, taunt, reproach

Conjugation
Conjugation of hyscan (weak class 1)
infinitive hyscan tō hyscenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular hysce hyscte
2nd-person singular hyscest hysctest
3rd-person singular hysceþ hyscte
plural hyscaþ hyscton
subjunctive present past
singular hysce hyscte
plural hyscen hyscten
imperative
singular hysc
plural hyscaþ
participle present past
hyscende (ġe)hysced

Derived terms
  • gehyscan
  • hȳscend
  • onhȳscan

Descendants
  • Middle English: *hushen, houshen; heascen (?)
  • ⇒ Middle English: forhushen

References
  • hyscan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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