*skaiþaną

Runic: ᛊᚲᚨᛁᚦᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskɑi̯.θɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7a

Meanings

to separate

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skóyt-e-ti, the o-grade of a t-extension of *skey- (‘to split, dissect’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularskaiþōskaiþaų–
2nd singularskaiþiziskaiþaizskaiþ
3rd singularskaiþidiskaiþaiskaiþadau
1st dualskaiþōzskaiþaiw–
2nd dualskaiþadizskaiþaidizskaiþadiz
1st pluralskaiþamazskaiþaim–
2nd pluralskaiþidskaiþaidskaiþid
3rd pluralskaiþandiskaiþainskaiþandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskaiþai–
2nd singularskaiþazaiskaiþaizau
3rd singularskaiþadaiskaiþaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralskaiþandaiskaiþaindau
2nd pluralskaiþandaiskaiþaindau
3rd pluralskaiþandaiskaiþaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskeskaiþskeskaidį̄
2nd singularskeskaistskeskaidīz
3rd singularskeskaiþskeskaidī
1st dualskeskaidūskeskaidīw
2nd dualskeskaidudizskeskaidīdiz
1st pluralskeskaidumskeskaidīm
2nd pluralskeskaidudskeskaidīd
3rd pluralskeskaidunskeskaidīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
skaiþaną skaiþandz skaidanaz

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Descendants

  • *skaiþan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skeithan (Old Dutch)
      • scheiden (Middle Dutch)
        • sjeie (Limburgish)
  • *skaiþan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skeithan (Old Dutch)
      • scheiden (Middle Dutch)
        • scheiden (Dutch)
          • skei (Afrikaans)
          • skeid, skei, skee, skej (Negerhollands)
          • scheien, schejen (Petjo)
  • *skaiþan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċēadan, sċādan (Old English)
      • sheden, scheden, schoden (Middle English)
        • shed (English)
        • sched, scheid, schade (Scots)
  • *skaiþan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skētha (Old Frisian)
      • skeede (Saterland Frisian)
      • skiede (West Frisian)
  • *skaiþan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skeidan (Old High German)
      • scheiden (Middle High German)
        • scheide (Alemannic German)
        • scheiden (German)
        • scheeden (Luxembourgish)
  • *skaiþan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • skēthan (Old Saxon)
      • schêden, scheiden (Middle Low German)
        • scheden, scheiden (German Low German)
        • skeda (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (skaidan) (Gothic)

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