scien – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of scien

Infinitive

sċīen
sċīenne

Participles

Presentsċīende
Past(ġe)sċīed

Indicative

Present

1st sing.sċīe
2nd sing.sċīest
3rd sing.sċīeþ
1st plur.sċīeþ
2nd plur.sċīeþ
3rd plur.sċīeþ

Past

1st sing.sċīede
2nd sing.sċīedest
3rd sing.sċīede
1st plur.sċīedon
2nd plur.sċīedon
3rd plur.sċīedon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.sċīe
2nd sing.sċīe
3rd sing.sċīe
1st plur.sċīen
2nd plur.sċīen
3rd plur.sċīen

Past

1st sing.sċīede
2nd sing.sċīede
3rd sing.sċīede
1st plur.sċīeden
2nd plur.sċīeden
3rd plur.sċīeden

Imperative

Singularsċīe
Pluralsċīeþ

Verbs conjugated like 'scien'

scien,

Verbs similar to 'scien'

ascian, sacian, sceon, scieran, scinan, scitan, screon, scyan, acan, acsian,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan, derived from *skeuh (Old English sċēoh).

Sample Sentences

  • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
  • Þā sċīedon þā mūlas þe þæt cræt tugon, þurh his tōcyme āfyrhte, and tōmengdon þā ġetogu þæt hīe tēon ne meahton. (The mules pulling the chariot jumped back, frightened at his approach, and tangled the traces so that they couldn't pull.)

Cognates

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