sceotan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skeutan.

Cognates
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). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic искыдати (iskydati), Russian кида́ть (kidátʹ), Lithuanian skudrùs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃe͜oː.tɑn/

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 sċēotenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular sċēote sċēat
second person singular sċīetst sċute
third person singular sċīett, sċīet sċēat
plural sċēotaþ sċuton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular sċēote sċute
plural sċēoten sċuten
imperative
singular sċēot
plural sċēotaþ
participle present past
sċēotende (ġe)sċoten

Derived terms

Descendants
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