scudden

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti; probably related to *skundijaną (“to speed up, drive”).

Verb

scudden

1. to shake, to rid oneself of

Inflection

Conjugation of scudden (weak class 1)

infinitive	scudden
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	scuddo, scuddon	scudida
2nd person singular	scudis, scudist	scudidos
3rd person singular	scudit	scudida
1st person plural	scudden	scudidun
2nd person plural	scudit	scudidut
3rd person plural	scuddent	scudidun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	scudde	scudidi
2nd person singular	scuddes, scuddest	scudidis
3rd person singular	scudde	scudidi
1st person plural	scudden	scudidin
2nd person plural	scuddet	scudidit
3rd person plural	scudden	scudidin
imperative	present
singular	scudi
plural	scudit
participle	present	past
	scuddendi	scudit, giscudit

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schudden
  • Dutch: schudden
    • Negerhollands: skud, skyd
    • Afrikaans: skud
  • Limburgish: sjödde

Further reading

• “skudden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Yola

Verb

scudden

1. Alternative form of scuddeen
   • 1927, “A YOLA ZONG”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 4:

     Huck nigher, y'art scudden; fartoo zo haachee?

     Come nearer; you're shrugging, why so ill-tempered?

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 128