scrapen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scrape, skrapen

Etymology

From Old English scrapian, from Proto-West Germanic *skrapōn, from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskraːpən/

Verb

scrapen

1. to scrape

Conjugation

Conjugation of scrapen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) scrapen, scrape
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	scrape	scraped
2nd-person singular	scrapest	scrapedest
3rd-person singular	scrapeth	scraped
subjunctive singular	scrape
imperative singular		—
plural1	scrapen, scrape	scrapeden, scrapede
imperative plural	scrapeth, scrape	—
participles	scrapynge, scrapende	scraped, yscraped

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: scrape
• Yola: scraaped (preterite)

References

• “scrāpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.