scunian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of scunian

Infinitive

sċunian
sċunienne

Participles

Presentsċuniende
Past(ġe)sċunod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.sċuniġe
2nd sing.sċunast
3rd sing.sċunaþ
1st plur.sċuniaþ
2nd plur.sċuniaþ
3rd plur.sċuniaþ

Past

1st sing.sċunode
2nd sing.sċunodest
3rd sing.sċunode
1st plur.sċunodon
2nd plur.sċunodon
3rd plur.sċunodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.sċuniġe
2nd sing.sċuniġe
3rd sing.sċuniġe
1st plur.sċuniġen
2nd plur.sċuniġen
3rd plur.sċuniġen

Past

1st sing.sċunode
2nd sing.sċunode
3rd sing.sċunode
1st plur.sċunoden
2nd plur.sċunoden
3rd plur.sċunoden

Imperative

Singularsċuna
Pluralsċuniaþ

Etymology

Uncertain; despite the lack of secure Germanic cognates (though compare scunner, which may derive from an Old Norse *skuna), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”), as either a nasal-present *skunéHti identical to Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “to cover”) or a later inner-Germanic formation, through either Proto-Germanic *skunjaną, Proto-West Germanic *skunnjan (if the variant sċynian shows that this verb was formerly a weak j-present) or *skunaną/*skunōną, *skunēn/*skunōn (if the variant sċynian exhibits a development /ʃu/ > /ʃy/ as potentially seen in Northumbrian Old English sćylun (“we must”)). See: Sanskrit 'स्कुनाति'.

Sample Sentences

Cognates

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