sceotan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd-. Cognate with Old Frisian skiata (West Frisian sjitte), Old Saxon skiotan (Low German scheten), Dutch schieten, Old High German sciozzan (German schießen), Old Norse skjóta (Danish skyde, Swedish skjuta), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (skiutan). 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

1. (transitive) to shoot, throw a missile
2. (transitive) to push, move quickly, pay (money)
3. (intransitive) to move quickly, flow, rush, shoot (of pain)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċēotan (strong class 2)

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

Derived terms

• þurhsċēotan

Descendants

• Middle English: shoten
  • English: shoot, skeet
  • Scots: schute, schuit, schote, schoot, schete