scyttan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, from *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃyt.tɑn/

Verb

sċyttan

1. to shut

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċyttan (weak class 1)

infinitive	sċyttan	sċyttenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sċytte	sċytte
second person singular	sċytst	sċyttest
third person singular	sċytt, sċyt	sċytte
plural	sċyttaþ	sċytton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċytte	sċytte
plural	sċytten	sċytten
imperative
singular	sċyte
plural	sċyttaþ
participle	present	past
	sċyttende	(ġe)sċyted, (ġe)sċytt, (ġe)sċyt

Derived terms

• forsċyttan

Descendants

• Middle English: shetten, shutten
  • English: shut
  • Scots: schut, schott