Participles
| Present | sċēotende |
| Past | (ġe)sċoten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sċēote |
| 2nd sing. | sċīetst |
| 3rd sing. | sċīett; sċīet |
| 1st plur. | sċēotaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sċēotaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sċēotaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċēat |
| 2nd sing. | sċute |
| 3rd sing. | sċēat |
| 1st plur. | sċuton |
| 2nd plur. | sċuton |
| 3rd plur. | sċuton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sċēote |
| 2nd sing. | sċēote |
| 3rd sing. | sċēote |
| 1st plur. | sċēoten |
| 2nd plur. | sċēoten |
| 3rd plur. | sċēoten |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċute |
| 2nd sing. | sċute |
| 3rd sing. | sċute |
| 1st plur. | sċuten |
| 2nd plur. | sċuten |
| 3rd plur. | sċuten |
Imperative
| Singular | sċēot |
| Plural | sċēotaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'sceotan'
sceotan,
Verbs similar to 'sceotan'
asceotan,
sceogan,
aþeotan,
breotan,
ceosan,
ceowan,
fleotan,
geotan,
greotan,
hleotan,
Etymology
1. Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Old Frisian skiata (West Frisian sjitte), Old Saxon skiotan (Low German scheten), Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan (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. See: Old Saxon '
skiotan', Low Saxon 'scheten', Dutch '
schieten', Old High German 'skiozan', German, old spelling '
schießen', Danish '
skyde', Swedish '
skjuta', Russian '
кида́ть'.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Sē westsūþende Europe landġemirce is in Ispania westeweardum et ðǣm gārseċġe, and mǣst æt þǣm iġlande, þætte Gaðes hātte, þǣr scīet sē Wendelsǣ up of þǣm gārseċġe; þǣr ēac Ercoles sȳla standað. (The southwestern limit of Europe is in Hispania at the western ocean, and the westernmost part is at the island known as Gades, where the Mediterranean flows into the ocean and where the Pillars of Hercules stand.)
Cognates
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