scufan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sċēofan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.

Cognate with Old Frisian skūva (West Frisian skowe), Middle Low German schūven (Low German schuven), Middle Dutch scūven (Dutch schuiven), Old High German skioban, sciopan (German schieben), Old Norse skúfa (Faroese skúgva, Danish skubbe, Swedish skuffa), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃuː.fɑn/, [ˈʃuː.vɑn]

Verb

sċūfan

  1. to push, shove
  2. to launch (a ship)

Conjugation
Conjugation of sċūfan (strong class 2)
infinitive sċūfan sċūfenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular sċūfe sċēaf
second person singular sċȳfst sċufe
third person singular sċȳfþ sċēaf
plural sċūfaþ sċufon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular sċūfe sċufe
plural sċūfen sċufen
imperative
singular sċūf
plural sċūfaþ
participle present past
sċūfende (ġe)sċofen

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: schouven, shoven
    • English: shove
    • Scots: shuve
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