scanden
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin scandō (“to scan verse”), from classical Latin scandō (“to surmount”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend-.
Forms without /d/ are presumably from the reinterpretation of -de as the suffix forming the past tense.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]scanden (third-person singular simple present scandeth, present participle scandende, scandynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle scanded)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of scanden (weak in -ed/-de)
infinitive | (to) scanden, scande | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | scande | scanded, scande | |
2nd-person singular | scandest | scandedest, scandest | |
3rd-person singular | scandeth | scanded, scande | |
subjunctive singular | scande | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | scanden, scande | scandeden, scandede, scanden, scande | |
imperative plural | scandeth, scande | — | |
participles | scandynge, scandende | scanded, scand, yscanded, yscand |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “scannen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]scanden
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of schonden
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