*skainijaną¹

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᛁᚾᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑi̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. to scratch, to wound
  2. to break

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (‘to cut, split’), related to *skinō (‘piece, shinbone’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularskainijōskainijaų–
2nd singularskainīsiskainijaisskainī
3rd singularskainīþiskainijaiskainijaþau
1st dualskainijōsskainijaiw–
2nd dualskainijaþizskainijaiþizskainijaþiz
1st pluralskainijamazskainijaim–
2nd pluralskainīþskainijaiþskainīþ
3rd pluralskainijanþiskainijainskainijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskainijai–
2nd singularskainijasaiskainijaisau
3rd singularskainijaþaiskainijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralskainijanþaiskainijainþau
2nd pluralskainijanþaiskainijainþau
3rd pluralskainijanþaiskainijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskainidǭskainidēdį̄
2nd singularskainidēzskainidēdīz
3rd singularskainidēskainidēdī
1st dualskainidēdūskainidēdīw
2nd dualskainidēdudizskainidēdīdiz
1st pluralskainidēdumskainidēdīm
2nd pluralskainidēdudskainidēdīd
3rd pluralskainidēdunskainidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
skainijaną skainijandz skainidaz

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Descendants

  • *skainijan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċǣnan (Old English)
    • skēnia (Old Frisian)
    • irskeinen (Old High German)
  • skeina (Old Norse)
    • skeina (Icelandic)
    • skeina, skeine (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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