"scyan" meaning in Old English

See scyan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃyː.ɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”). Cognate with Old English sċyhhan, Old High German *scūhen attested in scūhenti. Compare Middle Low German schü̂wen, schûwen, schûen (“to fear, shun, avoid”), Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, schūen, schūhen (“to fear, scare, frighten”). Possibly related to Old English sċyndan from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”). It may be backformed in the present tense from the alternative form scȳhtan (scȳhte in the preterite), from Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną, either Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”), or from the from an unattested Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz (see tyht and tyhtan for a similar pattern). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*skiuhijan|t=to put to flight, startle, frighten}} Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”), {{der|ang|gem-pro|*skeuhaz|t=shy}} Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”), {{cog|ang|sċyhhan}} Old English sċyhhan, {{cog|goh|*scūhen}} Old High German *scūhen, {{cog|gml|schü̂wen}} Middle Low German schü̂wen, {{cog|gmh|schiuhen}} Middle High German schiuhen, {{cog|ang|sċyndan}} Old English sċyndan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*skundijaną}} Proto-Germanic *skundijaną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*(s)kewt-||to shake, rattle}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”), {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*skūhtijaną}} Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*(s)kewt-||to shake, rattle}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”), {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*skūhtiz}} Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz Head templates: {{ang-verb|sċȳan}} sċȳan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|sċȳan<w1>}} Forms: sċȳan [canonical], weak [table-tags], sċȳan [infinitive], sċȳenne [infinitive], sċȳe [first-person, present, singular], sċȳde [first-person, past, singular], sċȳest [present, second-person, singular], sċȳst [present, second-person, singular], sċȳdest [past, second-person, singular], sċȳeþ [present, singular, third-person], sċȳþ [present, singular, third-person], sċȳde [past, singular, third-person], sċȳaþ [plural, present], sċȳdon [past, plural], sċȳe [present, singular], sċȳde [past, singular], sċȳen [plural, present], sċȳden [past, plural], sċȳ [imperative, past, present, singular], sċȳaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], sċȳende [imperative, present], sċȳed [imperative, past], ġesċȳed [imperative, past]
  1. to prompt, urge
    Sense id: en-scyan-ang-verb-HHuZK~mH Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 74 10 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 14 14
  2. to persuade, suggest
    Sense id: en-scyan-ang-verb-xFR2pAj3
  3. to sky, be afraid, flee
    Sense id: en-scyan-ang-verb-6HSzgsBk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tyhtan, sċȳhan, sċȳn, sċīn Derived forms: sċȳnnes (english: suggestion, persuasion, incitement)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "suggestion, persuasion, incitement",
      "word": "sċȳnnes"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*skiuhijan",
        "t": "to put to flight, startle, frighten"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skeuhaz",
        "t": "shy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sċyhhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sċyhhan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "*scūhen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German *scūhen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "schü̂wen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schü̂wen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schiuhen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schiuhen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sċyndan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sċyndan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skundijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skundijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kewt-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shake, rattle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skūhtijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kewt-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shake, rattle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skūhtiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).\nCognate with Old English sċyhhan, Old High German *scūhen attested in scūhenti. Compare Middle Low German schü̂wen, schûwen, schûen (“to fear, shun, avoid”), Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, schūen, schūhen (“to fear, scare, frighten”).\nPossibly related to Old English sċyndan from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”). It may be backformed in the present tense from the alternative form scȳhtan (scȳhte in the preterite), from Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną, either Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”), or from the from an unattested Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz (see tyht and tyhtan for a similar pattern).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sċȳan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċȳed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċȳan"
      },
      "expansion": "sċȳan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċȳan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 10 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 16 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weary spirit urged the first sins",
          "text": "Ða ǣrestan synne se weriga gāst sċȳde",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Because by this the weary spirit urges those sins",
          "text": "Forðon mid ðȳ se weriga gāst ða synne sċȳþ on mōde",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prompt, urge"
      ],
      "id": "en-scyan-ang-verb-HHuZK~mH",
      "links": [
        [
          "prompt",
          "prompt"
        ],
        [
          "urge",
          "urge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We teach / suggest to him",
          "text": "Wē getǣceþ ł sċȳaþ him",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some said to him the entire world to be transitory... others persuaded him that he sought a meeting of criminals at night",
          "text": "Ōðer him ðās eorþan ealle sægde lǣne... Ōðer hine sċyhte ðæt hē sceaðena gemōt nihtes sōhte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to persuade, suggest"
      ],
      "id": "en-scyan-ang-verb-xFR2pAj3",
      "links": [
        [
          "persuade",
          "persuade"
        ],
        [
          "suggest",
          "suggest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sky, be afraid, flee"
      ],
      "id": "en-scyan-ang-verb-6HSzgsBk",
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃyː.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tyhtan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sċȳhan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sċȳn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sċīn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scyan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "suggestion, persuasion, incitement",
      "word": "sċȳnnes"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*skiuhijan",
        "t": "to put to flight, startle, frighten"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skeuhaz",
        "t": "shy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sċyhhan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sċyhhan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "*scūhen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German *scūhen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "schü̂wen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schü̂wen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schiuhen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schiuhen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sċyndan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sċyndan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skundijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skundijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kewt-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shake, rattle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skūhtijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kewt-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shake, rattle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skūhtiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).\nCognate with Old English sċyhhan, Old High German *scūhen attested in scūhenti. Compare Middle Low German schü̂wen, schûwen, schûen (“to fear, shun, avoid”), Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, schūen, schūhen (“to fear, scare, frighten”).\nPossibly related to Old English sċyndan from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”). It may be backformed in the present tense from the alternative form scȳhtan (scȳhte in the preterite), from Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną, either Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to shake, rattle”), or from the from an unattested Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz (see tyht and tyhtan for a similar pattern).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sċȳan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳeþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċȳed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċȳed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċȳan"
      },
      "expansion": "sċȳan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċȳan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weary spirit urged the first sins",
          "text": "Ða ǣrestan synne se weriga gāst sċȳde",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Because by this the weary spirit urges those sins",
          "text": "Forðon mid ðȳ se weriga gāst ða synne sċȳþ on mōde",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prompt, urge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prompt",
          "prompt"
        ],
        [
          "urge",
          "urge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We teach / suggest to him",
          "text": "Wē getǣceþ ł sċȳaþ him",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some said to him the entire world to be transitory... others persuaded him that he sought a meeting of criminals at night",
          "text": "Ōðer him ðās eorþan ealle sægde lǣne... Ōðer hine sċyhte ðæt hē sceaðena gemōt nihtes sōhte",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to persuade, suggest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "persuade",
          "persuade"
        ],
        [
          "suggest",
          "suggest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sky, be afraid, flee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃyː.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tyhtan"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċȳhan"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċȳn"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċīn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scyan"
}

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