scyan

• sċȳhan, sċȳn, sċīn

From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”). Cognate with Old English sċyhhan, Old High German *scūhen attested in scūhenti. Compare Middle Low German schü̂wen, schûwen, schûen (“to fear, shun, avoid”), Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, schūen, schūhen (“to fear, scare, frighten”).

Possibly related to Old English sċyndan from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”). It may be backformed in the present tense from the alternative form scȳhtan (scȳhte in the preterite), from Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną, either Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”), or from the from an unattested Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz (see tyht and tyhtan for a similar pattern).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃyː.ɑn/

sċȳan

1. to prompt, urge

   Ða ǣrestan synne se weriga gāst sċȳde

   The weary spirit urged the first sins

   Forðon mid ðȳ se weriga gāst ða synne sċȳþ on mōde

   Because by this the weary spirit urges those sins

2. to persuade, suggest

   Wē getǣceþ ł sċȳaþ him

   We teach / suggest to him

   Ōðer him ðās eorþan ealle sægde lǣne... Ōðer hine sċyhte ðæt hē sceaðena gemōt nihtes sōhte

   Some said to him the entire world to be transitory... others persuaded him that he sought a meeting of criminals at night

3. to sky, be afraid, flee

• tyhtan

• sċȳnnes (“suggestion, persuasion, incitement”)