scilian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skilōną, *skiljaną (“to divide, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.li.ɑn/

Verb

sċilian

1. to separate, part, remove

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċilian (weak class 2)

infinitive	sċilian	sċilienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sċiliġe	sċilode
second person singular	sċilast	sċilodest
third person singular	sċilaþ	sċilode
plural	sċiliaþ	sċilodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċiliġe	sċilode
plural	sċiliġen	sċiloden
imperative
singular	sċila
plural	sċiliaþ
participle	present	past
	sċiliende	(ġe)sċilod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scilian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.