sceotan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-.
Cognates
Cognate with Old Frisian skiata (West Frisian sjitte), Old Saxon skiotan (Low German scheten), Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan (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
- (transitive) to shoot, throw a missile
- (transitive) to push, move quickly, pay (money)
- (intransitive) to move quickly, flow, rush, shoot (of pain)
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Sē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm gārseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm gārseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað.
- The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Conjugation
Conjugation of sċēotan (strong, class II)
| 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 | |