Participles
| Present | sċiftende |
| Past | (ġe)sċifted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sċifte |
| 2nd sing. | sċiftest; sċifst; sċiftst |
| 3rd sing. | sċifteþ; sċift |
| 1st plur. | sċiftaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sċiftaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sċiftaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċifte |
| 2nd sing. | sċiftest |
| 3rd sing. | sċifte |
| 1st plur. | sċifton |
| 2nd plur. | sċifton |
| 3rd plur. | sċifton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sċifte |
| 2nd sing. | sċifte |
| 3rd sing. | sċifte |
| 1st plur. | sċiften |
| 2nd plur. | sċiften |
| 3rd plur. | sċiften |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċifte |
| 2nd sing. | sċifte |
| 3rd sing. | sċifte |
| 1st plur. | sċiften |
| 2nd plur. | sċiften |
| 3rd plur. | sċiften |
Imperative
| Singular | sċift |
| Plural | sċiftaþ |
Verbs similar to 'sciftan'
scitan,
scyftan,
siftan,
scafan,
sceotan,
scieran,
scildan,
scilian,
scinan,
scipian,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skēy- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*skiftijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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