scinan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skīnan, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiː.nɑn/

Verb

sċīnan

1. to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċīnan (strong class 1)

infinitive	sċīnan	sċīnenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sċīne	sċān
second person singular	sċīnst	sċine
third person singular	sċīnþ	sċān
plural	sċīnaþ	sċinon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċīne	sċine
plural	sċīnen	sċinen
imperative
singular	sċīn
plural	sċīnaþ
participle	present	past
	sċīnende	(ġe)sċinen

Derived terms

• besċīnan
• ġeondsċīnan
• ġesċīnan
• ymbsċīnan

Related terms

• sċīma

Descendants

• Middle English: schinen, scinen, sinen, schynen, shinen, shynen, shyne, schyne, schine, shine, schyn, schinin, ssine
  • English: shine
  • Scots: shine, shyne

Old Saxon

Verb

scīnan

1. Alternative spelling of skīnan