sceotan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-. Cognate with Old Frisian skiata (West Frisian sjitte), Old Saxon skiotan (Low German scheten), Dutch schieten, Old High German sciozzan (German schießen), Old Norse skjóta (Danish skyde, Swedish skjuta), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (skiutan). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic искыдати (iskydati) (Russian кидать (kidatʹ)), Lithuanian skudrùs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeːotɑn/

Verb

sċēotan

  1. (transitive) to shoot, throw a missile
  2. (transitive) to push, move quickly, pay (money)
  3. (intransitive) to move quickly, flow, rush, shoot (of pain)

Conjugation
Conjugation of sċēotan (strong class 2)
infinitive sċēotan tō sċēotenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular sċēote sċēat
2nd-person singular sċīetst sċute
3rd-person singular sċīett sċēat
plural sċēotaþ sċuton
subjunctive present past
singular sċēote sċute
plural sċēoten sċuten
imperative
singular sċēot(e)
plural sċēotaþ
participle present past
sċēotende sċoten

Derived terms

Descendants
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