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[edit]Noun
[edit]scien
- Obsolete spelling of scion.
- 1658: John Milton, To the Evangelick Cities of the Switzers; reprinted in:
- 1851: John Mitford, The works of John Milton in verse and prose, printed from the original editions with a life of the author by the Rev. John Mitford, volume VIII (Prose works, volume VI), § 3 : “ Letters written in the Name of Oliver The Protector,” page 404 〃 〃 〃 〃 (London : William Pickering)
- It ſeems to be only in your Power, next under God, to prevent the extirpation of this moſt antient Scien of the purer Religion, in theſe remainders of the Primitive Believers; whoſe preſervation, now reduc’d to the very brink of utter ruin, if you neglect, beware that the next Turn be not your own.
Anagrams
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan, derived from *skeuh (Old English sċēoh).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sċīen
- to be frightened or startled; recoil in fear
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
- Þā sċīedon þā mūlas þe þæt cræt tugon, þurh his tōcyme āfyrhte, and tōmengdon þā ġetogu þæt hīe tēon ne meahton.
- The mules pulling the chariot jumped back, frightened at his approach, and tangled the traces so that they couldn't pull.
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of sċīen (weak class 1)
infinitive | sċīen | sċīenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | sċīe | sċīede |
second person singular | sċīest | sċīedest |
third person singular | sċīeþ | sċīede |
plural | sċīeþ | sċīedon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | sċīe | sċīede |
plural | sċīen | sċīeden |
imperative | ||
singular | sċīe | |
plural | sċīeþ | |
participle | present | past |
sċīende | (ġe)sċīed |
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