sceotan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skeutan.

Cognates
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). 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

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Derived terms

Descendants
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