Participles
| Present | sċȳende |
| Past | (ġe)sċȳed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sċȳe |
| 2nd sing. | sċȳest; sċȳst |
| 3rd sing. | sċȳeþ; sċȳþ |
| 1st plur. | sċȳaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sċȳaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sċȳaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċȳde |
| 2nd sing. | sċȳdest |
| 3rd sing. | sċȳde |
| 1st plur. | sċȳdon |
| 2nd plur. | sċȳdon |
| 3rd plur. | sċȳdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sċȳe |
| 2nd sing. | sċȳe |
| 3rd sing. | sċȳe |
| 1st plur. | sċȳen |
| 2nd plur. | sċȳen |
| 3rd plur. | sċȳen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċȳde |
| 2nd sing. | sċȳde |
| 3rd sing. | sċȳde |
| 1st plur. | sċȳden |
| 2nd plur. | sċȳden |
| 3rd plur. | sċȳden |
Verbs conjugated like 'scyan'
scyan,
Verbs similar to 'scyan'
acan,
ascian,
cygan,
cypan,
cyþan,
ecgan,
ican,
sacan,
sacian,
sægan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to put to flight, startle, frighten”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).
2. 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”).
3. Possibly related to Old English sċyndan from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną. It may be backformed in the present tense from the alternative form scȳhtan (scȳhte in the preterite), from Proto-Germanic *skūhtijaną, itself perhaps from the from an unattested Proto-Germanic *skūhtiz (see tyht and tyhtan for a similar pattern). See: Middle High German '
schiuhen', Proto-Germanic '
*skundijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Ða ǣrestan synne se weriga gāst sċȳde (The weary spirit urged the first sins)
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Forðon mid ðȳ se weriga gāst ða synne sċȳþ on mōde (Because by this the weary spirit urges those sins)
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Wē getǣceþ ł sċȳaþ him (We teach / suggest to him)
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Ōðer him ðās eorþan ealle sægde lǣne... Ōðer hine sċyhte ðæt hē sceaðena gemōt nihtes sōhte (Some said to him the entire world to be transitory... others persuaded him that he sought a meeting of criminals at night)