Participles
| Present | sċeorfende |
| Past | (ġe)sċorfen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sċeorfe |
| 2nd sing. | sċierfst |
| 3rd sing. | sċierfþ |
| 1st plur. | sċeorfaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sċeorfaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sċeorfaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċearf |
| 2nd sing. | sċurfe |
| 3rd sing. | sċearf |
| 1st plur. | sċurfon |
| 2nd plur. | sċurfon |
| 3rd plur. | sċurfon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sċeorfe |
| 2nd sing. | sċeorfe |
| 3rd sing. | sċeorfe |
| 1st plur. | sċeorfen |
| 2nd plur. | sċeorfen |
| 3rd plur. | sċeorfen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċurfe |
| 2nd sing. | sċurfe |
| 3rd sing. | sċurfe |
| 1st plur. | sċurfen |
| 2nd plur. | sċurfen |
| 3rd plur. | sċurfen |
Imperative
| Singular | sċeorf |
| Plural | sċeorfaþ |
Verbs similar to 'sceorfan'
ceorfan,
sceorpan,
steorfan,
sweorfan,
beceorfan,
ceorian,
ceorran,
deorfan,
hweorfan,
scelfan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skerpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Sample Sentences
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